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Bambui Arts and Culture

This book focuses on the traditional arts and culture of Bambui, a kingdom in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. Although a small kingdom in comparison to much bigger kingdoms such as Mankon, Banso, Kom and Bali, the arts and culture of this kingdom have served, and continue to serve, as a way of life, as ritual, as decoration, and as a means of uniting with the sublime since pre-colonial times. However, in presenting the arts and culture of the western Grassfields, scholars have given much attention only to the dominant kingdoms. As such, Bambui, and many other smaller kingdoms have been rendered voiceless.

This text brings forth the voice of one of the smallest kingdoms in the western Grassfields through the presentation of its historical arts, and culture, and the changes that have taken, and continue to take place, in the society. It represents primarily an examination of the socio-cultural organisation of the kingdom and the various kinds of art that are used within the different contexts. These milestones are well-illustrated with historical and contemporary images.


Mathias Alubafi Fubah is a Senior Research Specialist in the Human and Social Development Research Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council and a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Limpopo, South Africa. His research interest and expertise is in traditional and contemporary African art, particularly the art of the western Grassfields, Cameroon. His recent work focused on anti-hegemonic iconographies and was based on case studies conducted in the Grassfields and South Africa. He is a reviewer for African Studies Review, International Migration, Global Media and Communication, and Imbizo: International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies, among others. He authored a chapter in Museum Storage and Meaning: Tales From the Crypt (2018), and recently completed a major project (in which he was the Principal Investigator) focusing on historical statues and monuments in South Africa.

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ISBN: 1-5275-0619-3

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-0619-0

Release Date: 21st February 2018

Pages: 141

Price: £58.99

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