Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Notes on Transliteration xi
6. Abbreviations xii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Setting the Scene: Cultural Difference and Political Rivalry in Times of Transition 23
9. 2 The Power of the Fon Nchaney Political History 48
10. 3 From Pastoral Society to Indigenous People: Mbororo Identity Politics 76
11. 4 A Shift to Economic Competition? Farmer–Herder Conflict and Cattle Theft in the Misaje Area 109
12. 5 On Being Hausa: Consolidation of the Hausa Ethnic Category in the Grassfields 135
13. 6 Grassfielder by Birth, Muslim by Choice: Religious and Ethnic Conversion 161
14. 7 The Murder of Mr X: Legal Pluralism and Conflict Management in the Early 2000s 184
15. Epilogue 210
16. Glossary 215
17. References 219
18. Index 235