Between God, the Dead and the Wild: Chamba Interpretations of Ritual and Religion

Richard Fardon

ISBN 10: 0748602224 / ISBN 13: 9780748602223

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 1991

About this Item

xvii, 252 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. A study of the Chamba religion in two West African villages - one in Cameroon and one in Nigeria. Contents: Protestations of ignorance? Or, things left unsaid?; ways of being: the living, the dead, the wild and god; Jup: the Mapeo variant of cult; Lera and v(c)ma: the Yeli variant; the human span; the annual round; the animate wild; inanimate wilderness, and the nature of things; the new religions of god; god and the dead: locating the unknown.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between God, the Dead and the Wild: Chamba Interpretations of Ritual and Religion
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748602224
• ISBN 13: 9780748602223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.