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

Richard Fardon

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Between God, the Dead and the Wild

Chamba Interpretations of Ritual & Religion

Richard Fardon

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1991

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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.

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Social Sciences Anthropology Social Anthropology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Orthography Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Chapter 1 Protestations of ignorance? Or, things left unsaid? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Chapter 2 Ways of being: the living, the dead, the wild and God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Chapter 3 Ɉup: the Mapeo variant of cult Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
Chapter 4 Lera and vↄma: the Yeli variant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Chapter 5 The human span Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Chapter 6 The annual round Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	124
Chapter 7 The animate wild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
Chapter 8 Inanimate wilderness, and the nature of things Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
Chapter 9 The new religions of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	186
Chapter 10 God and the dead: locating the unknown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	217
Appendix 1: Do different exegeses reflect only research methodology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
Appendix 2: Notes on Chamba cults Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	230
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245

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