The Scope of Our Collective Challenge: Culture and Change in Bali Nyonga
Keynote Address Presented at the 23rd Annual Bali Cultural Association (BCA)-USA Convention, Baltimore, Saturday May 29th 2010
Masks and Staffs: A Review
Masks and Staffs: Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields by Michaela Pelican. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 258 pp. [A version of this review was originally published in November 2016 in the journal, American Anthropologist, 118: 849–850. doi:10.1111/aman.12731] What does it mean … Continued
A Review of Navigating Youth
Catrine Christiansen, Mats Utas and Hendrik E. Vigh (eds.) Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in an African Context. Uppsala, Nordic Africa Institute, 2006, 272 pp. NB: This review was originally prepared in 2007 Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood is a … Continued
Nation of Outlaws
An abridged version of the following article was originally published in Africa / Volume 85 / Issue 04 / November 2015, pp 733 – 735 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972015000728, Published online: 18 November 2015 Meredith Terretta, Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, … Continued
Something New in Old Town
posted in: Cameroon Studies, Development Studies, Ethnographic Film, Gender Studies, Youth Studies |
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About the Film Set in the sprawling community of Old Town, the cradle of the modern city of Bamenda (Cameroon), Something New in Old Town explores a unique approach to grassroots development and communal empowerment. This intimate documentary, filmed over … Continued