| Description |
xviii, 362 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345) and index. |
| Contents |
Centuries of youth : remembering, incorporation, and the reclamation of history -- Kings, slaves, and floating populations : discourses of centrality and marginality in the precolonial era -- Masks of terror and the subjection of cadets -- Aurora colonialis : German imperialism and the modernity of slavery -- Embodied histories : royal investiture, masking, and remembering -- From slaves to free boys : cadets' resistance to gerontocratic, colonial, and postcolonial authority -- The death of tears : mortuary rites and the indeterminacy of dance -- Dancing death : memorial celebrations, the politics of ritual laughter, and the embodied memories of youth -- Histories of the present, histories of the future. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Oku (African people) -- History.
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Oku (African people) -- Politics and government.
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Oku (African people) -- Social life and customs.
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Slavery -- Cameroon -- North-West Province -- History.
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Marginality, Social -- Cameroon -- North-West Province -- History.
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Young men -- Cameroon -- North-West Province -- Attitudes.
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Young men -- Cameroon -- North-West Province -- Psychology.
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North-West Province (Cameroon) -- History.
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North-West Province (Cameroon) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780226026114 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226026116 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226026121 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226026124 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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