The shifting iconography of drinking horns in the Western Grassfields, Cameroon

Alubafi, Mathias Fubah; Ramphalile, Molemo

doi:10.1080/23311886.2017.1375598

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“…All notables and clan heads use the horns of the buffalo as their drinking cups […] it is a sign of superiority over the common villager [ Mathias Alubafi [64] concedes that buffalo cow horn drinking cups decorated with Bruce Lee's facial image have become status objects and objects of decoration. Successful youths who have acquired these drinking horns use the fascination associated with it as "embodiments of a new iconography and iconology for the western Grassfields."…”

Section: Wildlife As Symbols In Mankonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Successful youths who have acquired these drinking horns use the fascination associated with it as "embodiments of a new iconography and iconology for the western Grassfields." By reversing "to their advantage the traditional iconography and iconology that was typical of the region and that was restricted to royals and elites" [64], they are questioning and reinterpreting cultural values. Animals are regularly depicted on many packets, bottles, and sachets containing traditional medicine in the Mankon marketplace.…”

Section: Wildlife As Symbols In Mankonmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modern State Law: Regulating Tradition or Protecting the Environment in the Mankon Kingdom of Northwest Cameroon?

Pemunta¹,

Anye²

2019

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Most African countries including Cameroon find themselves in a situation of legal pluralism and at crossroads with implications for the sustainable management of natural resources. Traditional institutions and knowledge systems have been hailed as invaluable mechanisms for the conservation of flora and fauna. This chapter examines the conflict between traditional institutions and State law in the hierarchically stratified Mankon Kingdom of the Grassfield region of Northwest Cameroon where the latter prohibits the harvesting of culturally valuable plant and animal species for myriad ritual ceremonies and for therapeutic purposes. It demonstrates that the lack of cultural sensitivity can be antithetical to conservation initiatives. In other words, there is the need to align current legislative regulations for the management of natural species with the traditional use of territory and gender roles as well as to raise the cultural and educational level of the population through sensitization on the need to conserve the natural environment on which their culture depends for its survival.

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Section: Wildlife As Symbols In Mankonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Wildlife As Symbols In Mankonmentioning

confidence: 99%