Peoples of the Central Cameroons (Tikar. Bamum and Bamileke. Banen Bafia and Balom)

<p>Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series published between 1950 and 1977 brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.</p><p>Concise critical and (for its time) accurate the <i>Ethnographic Survey </i>contains sections as follows: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Physical Environment</li> <p> </p> <li>Linguistic Data</li> <p> </p> <li>Demography</li> <p> </p> <li>History & Traditions of Origin</li> <p> </p> <li>Nomenclature</li> <p> </p> <li>Grouping</li> <p> </p> <li>Cultural Features: Religion Witchcraft Birth Initiation Burial</li> <p> </p> <li>Social & Political Organization: Kinship Marriage Inheritance Slavery Land Tenure Warfare & Justice</li> <p> </p> <li>Economy & Trade</li> <p> </p> <li>Domestic Architecture</li> </ul><p>Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa North-Eastern Africa Southern Africa West Central Africa Western Africa and Central Africa Belgian Congo. </p><p>The volumes are supplemented with maps available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers. </p>