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| Title: | Society and change in Bali Nyonga: critical perspectives |
| Editors: | Fokwang, Jude Thaddeus Dingbobga Langmia, Kehbuma  |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 185 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Mankon |
| Publisher: | Langaa Research & Publishing CIG |
| ISBN: | 9956579394; 9789956579396 |
| Geographic term: | Cameroon |
| Subjects: | Bali (Cameroon) social change rituals chieftaincy Internet |
| Abstract: | Bali Nyonga is a town on the Grasslands of the English-speaking North West region of Cameroon. All but one of the essays in this edited volume on contemporary society and culture in Bali Nyoga have been contributed by ex-patriate scholars who were born there. The chapters are divided into three broad sections: rites and rituals; Bali online; and oral discourse and politics. The chapters are: Introduction: society and culture in early 21st century Bali by Jude Fokwang; Old wine in new wineskin? Social change and traditional religion in Bali Nyonga by Babila Fochang; Performance aesthetics, structure and language of Bali Nyonga divination systems by Babila Mutia and Bejemiah Mecaly; Marriage and widowhood rites in Bali Nyonga by Elias M. Nwana and Vincent L. Nwana; Imagining Bali Nyonga online: online discussions of the Bali-Bawock crisis on a Bali electronic forum by Lilian Ndangam Fokwang; Language use in a multicultural online community by Patience Fielding; Social criticism through oral discourse in Bali Nyonga by Kehbuma Langmia; Chieftancy at the crossroads: politics, society and customary reform in Bali Nyonga by Jude Fokwang; and conclusion by Kehbuma Langmia. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
