Volume 4
Music and Musical Instruments, Traditional Religion, Native Laws and Customs
Foreword
Paul Jenkins, Lecturer in African History, University of Basel
200 pages
182 black & white photographs
35 coloured photographs
CHF 40.-/€ 36
Publisher
Basel Mission
Editor
Paul Jenkins
Distributor
Stiftung Grasland Kamerun
Illustrations
© Hans Knöpfli, Kriegstetten
Printed and bound in Cameroon by Presbyterian Printing Press, Limbe, S.W. Province
Summary
Volume 4 takes up the way that cultural and religious surroundings have an essential, lasting influence on the social situation and the intellectual consciousness of craftsmen and craftswomen – and thus, too, on their products. Also in this publication the author presents himself as a preserver of Cameroonian native laws and traditions, and makes it clear how he links being a missionary with serious efforts to bind christianity and African religious culture together.
Chapter 1
Music and Musical Instruments
Chapter 2
Death Celebrations, Masks, Traditional Religion
Chapter 3
Rituals, Native Laws and Customs
Chapter 4
The Insignia of Notables