CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Mbu Arrey, Ogem Pascal |
|---|---|
| Title | Chieftaincy,Development and Democratization:A Case Study of the Bayang and Ejagham Ethnicities of Southwest Cameroon |
| Summary | Although modernisation theorists have long sang the requiem of the institution of chieftaincy, the institution has remained resilient (Nyamnjoh, 2005) and the bone of contention between competiting parties thereby leading to conflicting claims over the throne. In the immediate post-independent Cameroonian political context, chiefs were considered as ‘vote banks’ (Nkwi, 1976, 1979, Warnier, 1993, Fisiy, 1995, 1998, Mope, 1997, Bayart, 1985) and accession to the throne was strictly ascriptive. The pro-democracy turmoil of the 1990s however came to exacerbate conflicts in the institution of chieftaincy as manifested by claims and counter-claims among lineages in both majority and minority Bayang and Ejagham clans of Manyu Division in Southwest Cameroon. Laymen, civil servants, academics and politicians alike are increasingly taking neotraditional titles including chiefship for symbolic cultural capital thereby marrying modernity and tradition, combining achievement and ascription and promising their kith and kins, ‘development’. This has prompted me to ask the question, why this rush for neotraditional titles as reflected in titles such as Chief/Chief.Dr, Chief, Prof, Chief, Senator among others? |
| Supervisor | Andreas Dafinger and Prem Kumar Rajaram |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/mbu-arrey_ogem-pascal.pdf |
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