Relatively recent Bantu-speaking migrants to central Cameroon, the Beti have had an eventful history. Based on extensive interviews and traditional Beti (Fang) poetry, in addition to German and French archival sources, the author of this readable study recreates the social structure of the Beti and their self-perceptions in pre-colonial times, their disruptive encounters with first German (1880-1918) and then French (1918-1960) colonialism, until Cameroon's independence.
- ISBN10 1845451732
- ISBN13 9781845451738
- Publish Date 15 June 2006
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Berghahn Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English