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...
| Published in: | Africa |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1992
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Africa
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| Further subjects: | B
Factors of production
B Land rights B Cameroons B People B Soil 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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| ISSN: | 0001-9720 |
| Contains: | In: Africa
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