Cover ; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; Tribal Groupings and Demography; Nomenclature; Location; Demography; History and Traditions of Origin; Early European contact; Indigenous traditions and later history; Agencies of modern development; Language; Physical Environment; Main Features of Economy; Fishing; Agriculture; Livestock; Division of labour; Trade; Economic change; Crafts; Social Organization and Political System; Local grouping and settlement pattern; House types; Kinship system; Marriage and the family; Associations; Age-sets
Political structure and legal systemKpe; chieftaincy; legal system; succession and inheritance; land tenure; status; slavery; position of women; warfare; Duala; chieftaincy; legal system; succession and inheritance; slavery; Mboko, Wovea and Isuwu; chieftaincy; Main Cultural Features; Physical characteristics and temperament; Dress and appearance; Life Cycle; Pregnancy and childbirth; Naming; Circumcision and rites de passage; Mortuary rites; Religious Beliefs and Rituals; The High God; Spirits; Diviners and doctors; medical procedure; supernatural sickness; Matrilineage fertility rites
Public ritualsOther rites and medicines; Witchcraft; Omens; Folklore; Christianity; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 31, 2017)
