A01=Richard Fardon
African Studies
Author_Richard Fardon
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Category=JHM
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Product details
- ISBN 9780748602841
- Weight: 467g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1991
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Based on observations in two West African villages - one a traditionally uncentralised community in contemporary Nigeria, the other a small chiefdom in Cameroon - this study shows that despite basic presuppositions regarding various types of being, the beliefs of the two groups manifest themselves in quite different ways. Focusing particularly on Chamba conceptions of people, masks and cults, Richard Fardon applies contemporary social theory to Chamba religion and shows how particular individuals integrate their concerns with notions of human purpose, the agricultural cycle and the values of the wilds.
Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
