INDEX

 

A

Administration, 1-2, 6-7, 18, 153-4
Aghem, 6, 8-11, 17, 52, 88, 92-3, 99, 102
Agriculture (see Labour, Land tenure, Crops), methods, Ch. IV; crop rotation, 57-8; clearing, planting, 54-6, 58ff., 68-9, 121; weeding, 56, 60, 68-70, 73; harvest, 56, 59-61, 68-9, 73, 105-6, 121; size of farms, 637; of harvest, 104ff.;
mixed farming, 129-30; calendar, 53, 62

B

Bafut, 4-6, 16, 23, 48n., 102
Bali (Bani, Chamba), 1-4, 6-10, 48, 54, 83, 93, 138, 142
Bamessi, 16, 22, 24, 56, 82, 86, 92n., 142, 151
Bamungo, 16, 22, 25
Beba-Befang, 6, 8, 52, 58, 87, 93, 102
Beer, 60, 85, 99-100, 113, 129, 134-5, 140
Blacksmithing, 22-3, 25, 88, 128
Boys,10, 88, 102, 119, 136, 139
Bridewealth, see Marriage Gifts
Bum, 2-4, 48

C

Chiefs (aføn), 2, 4, 7, 16, 71; in Nsaw, 4-5, 8ff., 12, 14ff., 30ff., 36 ,61, 71-3; wives,
8, 14, 15n., 16, 37-8, 94, 98-9, 101, 133n.
Childbirth, 80, 96-7,133-4
Children (see boys, girls), 54, 61, 82, 88, 97
Christians, 10, 32, 37, 54, 56, 72, 79, 91, 96,101-2, 112, 115-16, 123ff., 131, 134,136, 143
Clothing, 22-3, 115, 124-5, 127, 130, 135, 138
Cocoyam, 20, 60, 83, 93, 106
Coffee, 19-20, 124, 126-7, 129-30
Compound, l0ff., 16, 50; C-head, 11-12, 15-16, 43, 95, 151; houses in, 7, 10, 127-8, 130, 136; house-building, 55,
88, 96, 114, 126, 128, 136
Cooking, 54, 69, 82ff., 93-5, 97, 135 and n.
Councillors (vibai), 5, 9-11, 14-15, 31, 94
Crops (see maize, millet, rizga, etc.), 20-1

D

Distribution of food (see marriage gifts, trade), 60, 93, 95-7, 103, 105, 113-16, 130, 137-8, 145; feasts, 21, 88, 96-7, 112, 114, 136; in societies, 97-101
Divorce, 25, 44, 92, 99n., 102, 136, 145, 153
Djanggi, 88, 119-20, 127, 129, 134 (see budgets, App. C)

E

Education, 7, 25, 115, 119, 124, 127-8, 136, 139, 154; domestic science centre, 128-9, 144, 154
Esimbi, 2, 5-6, 8, 17, 24-26, 52, 60, 85, 93, 102, 149

 

F

Fai (see lineage head)
Farms, see Agriculture
Firewood, 12, 14, 54-5, 81-2, 87, 119, 127, 129, 142
Føn (see Chiefs)
Food (see distribution, cooking), 21, 83ff., 107-10, 129-30, 135; attitude to, 20,
60, 67, 69-70, 80, 83-4, 96, 110-12; to meat, 21, 80, 83, 96, 112, 130; consumption, 84, 96-7, 107-13; scarcity,
20-1, 60, 69-70, 96, 107
Fulani, 2, 4-5, 7, 21, 23n., 30, 121, 139; cattle, 19-21, 23, 89-90, 98, 101, 130
Fungorn N.A., 1, 3-4, 17, 23, 48, 52, 81, 85, 88, 93-4, 99ff.

G

Girls, 8, 20, 39-40, 59, 94, 102, 119, 127, 132, 139
Groundnuts, 20, 22-3, 60, 106-7, 112
Guinea corn, 20, 26, 60-1, 67, 94-5, 106

H

Handicrafts (see pottery, blacksmithing), 21-2, 86-7
Hausa, 2, 10n., 19-20, 22-3 and n., 122-3, 139
Hunting, 14n., 21, 31, 53, 87-8, 100-1, 112, 149

I

Income, 25-6, 36, 45, 87, 96, Chs. VII-IX, 153
Inheritance (see Land tenure), 12, 15-16, 43, 45-6, 52ff., 93, 102

K

Kinship (see Lineage, Marriage, Labour),
11-15, 38, 40, 42, 47, 90-1, 95-7, 99, 103, 128, 136, 148; family, 10-11, 15, 68, 107, 123, 132, 136, 151; fatherhood, 13, 17, 47, 50, 102n., 120, 125, 150-1;
motherhood, 12, 16-17, 25, 40, 44, 50, 55, 80-3, 91-3, 95-6, 102, 107, 110, 124,
127, 136, 148n., 150-3; concept of, 95, 98-101, 150-1; maternal kin, 13-15, 41, 93, 119
Kola, 9-10, 13, 21, 36, 45, 87, 112-13, 119, 122-5
Kom, 1-5, 17, 48-9, 53, 70, 81, 93, 99-101, 103

L

Labour, division of, 26-8, 54ff., 59, 82ff., 86-8, 94, 111, 129, 131, 137, 142-3, 149-50, 154; co-operation of kin, 40,
51, 55, 59, 68, 88, 105-6, 114, 121, 124, 127, 136-7; work teams, 54ff.; expenditure of time, 66, 68-81, 82, 85-8;
attitudes to work : men, 24-5, 38, 43, 80, 87-8, 119, 123, 126, 128-9; women, 55-6, 59, 67, 69-71, 79-80, 81-2, 86,
127-8 134-5 148-9 152-3

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Land tenure, 11, 16-17, Ch. V, 148; in Nsaw, 11, 30-49, 67, 136; women's rights, 34-6, 39-44, 48-9, 50-2
Leisure, 70n., 71-81, 88, 98-100, 132, 139
Lineage and clan (see Kinship, Marriage), 5-6, 8, 11, 16-17, 50, 87-8; in Nsaw, 5, 12ff., lineage head, 11, 12ff., 17, 32ff., 73, 87, 105-6, 113, 116-18, 136, 139, 151
Livestock, 10, 13, 21, 23n., 24-5, 87, 89, 101, 112, 115, 119, 123, 129-30, 142

M

Maize, 20, 22, 59-62, 67-9, 105, 111
Market (see Trade), 7, 23 and n., 54, 71-2, 107, 111, 113, 120-2, 126, 138-9
Marriage, 16-17, 102, 146, 153; in Nsaw, 12-15, 40-1, 55, 95, 102n., 114, 123, 128; polygyny, 93-4, 102, 153; in
Nsaw, 25, 73, 93-4, 1 14-16, 143; senior wife, 36ff., 44, 51, 94, 97-9, 105, 133, 151, 154; residence, 10-12, 16-17, 39,
50, 136; relations between husband and wife, 92-6, 99-100, 102-3, III, 147; in Nsaw, 38, 40-1, 44, 56-7, 83, 85-7, 91-2,
94-5, 97, 102, 111, 123, 127-35, 137-8, 144-6,152-3
Marriage gifts and payments, 16-17, 24-6, 50, 96, 102; in Nsaw, 13, 24-5, 95,
114-16, 124
Mbaw, 3-4, 20, 55, 87
Mbem, 4, 27, 48, 55, 94
Mbembe, 2-3, 6-8, 10, 16, 23, 48, 54-5, 61, 82-3, 85-7, 92n., 95, 106, 142
Meta, 2, 5-7, 22, 52, 86, 102, 138, 142
Mfumte, 6, 10, 25, 54, 82, 94, 106, 142
Migrations, 3-8,30-1
Millet, 26, 33, 60-1, 67-9, 73, 95, 105-6
Misaje, 6, 20, 23
Missions, 1, 7, 19, 101, 115, 124, 143
Mogamaw, 5-6, 27, 86, 142
M'tar, 5, 9, 14n., 15, 31, 36ff., 73

N

Ndop, 1, 3-5, 9, 16, 20, 22, 48, 56, 60, 85, 107, 111, 142
Ngie, 2, 5-6, 10-11, 17, 23-5, 27, 49ff., 54, 56, 58, 60, 80, 86, 88, 93, 102-3, 142, 150-1
Ngwo, 2, 5-6, 17, 52ff., 56, 88, 93, 102
Nsaw, see Topics
Nsungli, 1-2, 4-5, 10-11, 48, 70, 81, 98, 122
ngwirøng 8, 91, 151; nshilafsi, 8-9, 14-15

O

Oku,18, 21-3, 70
Ownership (see Land tenure. Inheritance), concept of, 34-9, 42, 47, 49. 89, 92; of trees, 12-13, 16, 45-6, 50; of crops,
Chs. V and VI, 145-6; of other property, 145-8; attitude to theft, 70, 90-1

P

Palm bush, 16, 19, 50-2; oil, 21, 23, 25-7, 51, 83, 86, 111-12, 120, 142; wine, 21, 46, 85, 87
Plantains, bananas, 10, 50, 83, 87, 95, 106-7, 111, 119, 133-4

 

Political organization (see Chiefs, lineages, villages, etc.), 5-6, 8-17, 152
Pottery, 21-3, 27, 86, 142
Production (see Labour, Agriculture, occupations)
Profit, 22, 121, 123-30, 134-6
Prostitution, 54, 102, 136

Q

Queen Mothers (Aya), 9, 33, 52, 115, 151, 154

R

Raffia, 9, 12, 13, 21, 36, 45, 52, 87 (see palm wine)
Rank, 9, 11, 13, 48, 97-101, 105-6, 115n.
Rites and beliefs, 6, 16-17, 50-1, 53, 100; in Nsaw, 9, 11, 13-14, 33, 38, 53, 98, 114-16, 150-1; farm rites in Nsaw, 33,
38, 53, 61, 151; elsewhere, 51, 53, 100; preventive magic, 90-1; tabus, 69, 71
Rizga 20, 32, 44, 59-60, 67-9, 106

S

Social change, general (see women), 2, 6-7, 9, 16, 22n., 23, 45, 79, 83, 101, 111-13, 120, 122, 128, 130, 138, 142-4,
153
Societies (see djanggi, ngwirøng), for women, 97-101, 149, 151, 154
Storing, 10, 60-1, 67-9, 93-4, 110

T

Tailors, 88, 125-7, 130, 138
Tikar, general, 1-6, 8, 10-11, 48, 83
Tools, utensils, 22-23, 53-4, 83, 113
Trade (see markets, profits), 22ff., 27, 119, 121; women and, 22, 23n., 24, 27, 71-2, 101-2, 111, 119, 127-30, Ch. IX

V

Values, see Women
Village organization, 4-6, 8-12, 18; village head, 5-6, 11, 17, 32, 52; ward, section head, 8, 11, 52

W

Widekum, general, 2-3, 5-6, 8, 16-17, 49ff., 83, 87, 93, 95, 112, 116, 142, 149
Women : economic role and position (see agriculture, labour, land, leisure, owner-
ship, trade); economic changes, 120, 134-8, 142-4, 151; status in lineage, 12-16, 35n., 36, 39-40, 48, 51, 55, 92;
in marriage (see marriage, marriage gifts, chief's wives, divorce); as mothers
(see kinship, childbirth, girls); prestige of, 59, 69, 71, 97-8, 100-1, 127, 148-9; role in ritual, 9, 16, 33, 51, 98, 100,
150-1; values, 71, 81-2, 97, 111, 136, 150-3 (see also marriage-relations between husband and wife)
Wum (see Aghem)

Y

Ya, see Queen Mother
Yams, 20, 59-60, 67, 71, 106


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