| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- A). Dancing the Plot and Riding the Past into the Present -- B). Understanding inter-community boundary conflicts within Homer-Dixon Framework -- ch. Two Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields -- A). Staking the Study Area -- B). Peoples of the Region -- C). Traditional and Socio-Political Organisations -- D). Decentralised Societies -- E). contending issues of boundary conflicts in the Bamenda Grassfields -- ch. Three History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict -- A). Geographical Locations and Daily Activities -- B). From Fraternal Friends (up to 1950s) to Fraternal Enemies? -- C). Contending issues: causes of the boundary conflict between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh -- D). Manifestation of the Boundary Conflict c. 1950-1955: The epoch of Law Suits -- E). Decision on Land Dispute Between Babanki-tungoh And Bambili Agreed Upon By The Bafut -- F). War Period -- G). 1995 War -- H). Wesmacott's myth: a commentary -- ch. Four "Cold" Years, 1995-2005 -- A). Complaints Period -- B). Koungo Edima Commission -- ch. Five Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions -- A). Social Consequences -- B). Economic Consequences -- C). Political Consequences -- D). Efforts at Resolving the Boundary Conflict -- E). Why the attempted solutions failed -- F). Suggested Solutions -- ch. Six General Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book makes a rare and original contribution on the history of little documented internal land conflicts and boundary misunderstandings in Cameroon, where attention has tended to focus too narrowly on international boundary conflicts such as that between Cameroon and Nigeria. The study is of the Bamenda Grassfields, the region most plagued by land and boundary conflicts in the country. Despite claims of common descent and cultural similarities by most communities in the region, relations have been tested and dominated by recurrent land and boundary conflicts since the middle of the 20th Century. Nkwi takes us through these contradictions, as he draws empirically and in general on his rich historical and ethnographic knowledge of the tensions and conflicts over land and boundaries in the region to situate and understand the conflicts between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh the epicenter of land and boundary from c.1950s --2009. Little if any scholarly attention has focused on this all important issue, its pernicious effects on the region notwithstanding. This book takes a bold step in the direction of the social history of land and boundary conflicts in Cameroon, and demonstrates that there is much of scholarly interest in understanding the centrality of land and boundaries in the configuration and contestation of human relations. In his innovative and stimulating blend of history and ethnography, Nkwi points to exciting new directions of paying closer attention to relationships informed by consciousness on and around land and boundaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Cameroon
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African history.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
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Boundaries
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Land tenure
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| SUBJECT |
Cameroon -- Boundaries
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| Subject |
Cameroon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956579075 |
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9956579076 |
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9789956579051 |
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995657905X |
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