Grafting Old Rootstock: Studies in Culture and Religion of the Chamba, Duru, Fula, and Gbaya of Cameroun (SIL International Publications in Ethnography,vol. 14)

Studies the culture and religion of the Chamba, Duru, Gula, and Gbaya of Cameroon.

Discusses attempts of expatriates and Africans to ask questions, to learn, and to interpret what is important in the lives and traditions of African societies in the light of the Christian Church.

Table of contents

Preface by Philip Noss
Acknowledgments
Map
Introduction by Wendell Frerichs

            Culture and Society
            Poem: The Stranger by Philip Noss
            Introduction

1. The Stranger among the Chamba
      by Bouba Bernard
2. Gbaya Proverbs and Hospitality
      by Dala Marcel
3. The Danger of Courtesy
      by Philip Noss
4. Reflections on the Life of the European
      by Bouba Bernard
5. Gbaya Marriage
      by Alice Eastwold
6. The Gbaya Dance of Diang
      by Philip Noss
7. Ordinary and Extraordinary People
      by Kombo Samuel
8. Sickness, Medicine, and Sorcery in Duru Society
      by Kadia Matthiew, Lee Bohnhoff
9. Sickness, Misfortune, and Healing among the Gbaya
      by Cecilia Noss
10. Tradition and Modernism on Horseback
       by Badoma André

Faith and Belief
Poem: Everthing Tries by Haldor Jon Noss

11. The Gbaya and the Sudan Mission: 1924 to the Present
       by Philip Burnham
12. An Interpretation of Gbaya Religious Practice
       by Philip Noss
13. Social Pressure for Religious Conformity in the Fulani Community
       by Ronald Nelson
14. Is God V nεb or Yamma?
       by Bouba Bernard
15. The Chamba Rite of V ma
       by Bouba Bernard
16. LaBi: A Gbaya Initiation Rite
       by Thomas Christensen
17. Rites of Reconciliation in Traditional Gbaya Society
       by Thomas Christensen
18. Wanto and Crocodile: The Story of Joseph
       by Philip Noss
19. A Meeting of Biblical Wisdom with Gbaya Wisdom
       by Thomas Christensen
20. Karnu: Witchdoctor or Prophet?
       by Thomas Christensen

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