Chiefs, sub-chiefs and local control: Negotiations over land, struggles over meaning
The author attempts to clarify some of the many complexities in respect of land titling in modern Africa, especially in Nso, Cameroon, by narrating the estrangement between a sub-chief (Fon Nseh) and the paramount Chief of Nso (Fon Nso). She discusses the significance of the Earth in Nso cosmology a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1992
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| In: |
Africa
Year: 1992, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 389-412 |
| Further subjects: | B
Factors of production
B Land rights B Cameroon B People B Soil B Nordwestprovinz Cameroon B Tree trunk Ethnology B Nso B Possessions B Real estate B Property B Feudalism |
| Summary: | The author attempts to clarify some of the many complexities in respect of land titling in modern Africa, especially in Nso, Cameroon, by narrating the estrangement between a sub-chief (Fon Nseh) and the paramount Chief of Nso (Fon Nso). She discusses the significance of the Earth in Nso cosmology and the related meaning of the land as a symbol of political (and religious) leadership. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 graph. Darst., 2 Kt., Lit. S. 409-411, Lit.Hinw. S. 407-409 |
| ISSN: | 0001-9720 |
| Contains: | In: Africa
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