African Modernities and Mobilities. An Historical Ethnography of Kom, Cameroon, C. 1800-2008

Author:   Walter Gam Nkwi
Publisher:   African Books Collective
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9789956762729


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   11 May 2015
Format:   Paperback
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African Modernities and Mobilities. An Historical Ethnography of Kom, Cameroon, C. 1800-2008


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In this book Walter Gam Nkwi documents the complexities and nuances embedded in African modernities and mobilities which have been overlooked in historical discourses in Africa and Cameroon. Using an ethnographic historical approach and drawing on the intricacies of what it has meant to be and belong in Kom- an ethnic community in the Northwest Region of Cameroon - since 1800, he explores the discourses and practices of kfaang as central to any understanding of mobility and modernity in Kom, Cameroon and Africa at large. The book unveils the emic understanding of modernity through the history and ethnography of kfaang and its technologies and illustrates how these terminologies were conceived and perceived by the Kom people in their social and physical mobilities. It documents and analyzes the historical processes involved in bringing about and making kfaang a defining feature of everyday life in Kom and among Kom subjects.

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Author:   Walter Gam Nkwi
Publisher:   African Books Collective
Imprint:   African Books Collective
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.685kg
ISBN:  

9789956762729


ISBN 10:   9956762725
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   11 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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