AN IRON POT AND A CLAY POT OR THE TRIBAL SOCIETY CLASHED WITH THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SOCIETY. THE CASE OF CAMEROON (Polish title below)

• Authors: Vorbrich Ryszard
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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(Polish title: Garnek zelazny i garnek gliniany, czyli spoleczenstwo plemienne w zderzeniu ze spoleczenstwem narodowym i globalnym. Przypadek Kamerunu). The article deals with the transformations of the tribal society, its structures and tribal mentality in African post-colonial states, shown from the perspective of Cameroon, where the author conducted field studies for a few years. The author discusses the relations between the state and the tribe and between the new elites and the people who continue to live in the tribal community. The strategy aimed at the marginalisation of tribes pursued by the elites of post-colonial states was met with defence and adaptation reactions, which helped to retain many elements of the tribal tradition in the new national order. At the same time representatives of tribal communities discovered new possibilities of involvement, resorting to the ideological discourse and developmental solutions offered by the external world, especially by different global institutions.

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ETHNOLOGY & CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
• Journal: Lud
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 94
• Pages: 143-158
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Vorbrich Ryszard

• Ryszard Vorbrich, Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, ul. Sw. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznan, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA095933