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The Dancing Dead: Ritual and Religion among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria (Oxford Ritual Studies) - Softcover

Van Beek, Walter E. A.

 
9780199858163: The Dancing Dead: Ritual and Religion among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria (Oxford Ritual Studies)

Synopsis

Walter E. A. van Beek draws on over four decades of extensive fieldwork to offer an in-depth study of the religion of the Kapsiki/Higi, who live in the Mandara Mountains on the border between North Cameroon and Northeast Nigeria. Concentrating on ritual as the core of traditional religion, van Beek shows how Kapsiki/Higi practices have endured through the long and turbulent history of the region.

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About the Author

Walter E. A. van Beek is Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Tilburg University and Senior Researcher at the Africa Studies Centre, Leiden. He has published extensively on both the Kapsiki/Higi culture in North Cameroon and the Dogon in Mali. While his main interest is traditional African religion, he has also published on African tourism and ecology.

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