Cameroon with Egbert by Dervla Murphy

Author:Dervla Murphy [MURPHY, DERVLA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: TRV010000, TRV002000, PET006010
ISBN: 9781468305210
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2012-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

1. Girl with sister

From the Kwondja tribe, in ‘the hot plain’.

2. Ngah Bouba, traditional doctor

The claim to re-establish ‘competence’ in ‘unproductive’ women illustrates a woman’s main role in African society.

3. Opposite: Village chief with wives, Ngybe, near Mayo Darle

The people of this tribe, the Kwondja, were not so long ago (1950s) slaves of the Muslim tribes who surrounded them.

4. Above: Koranic school, N’gaoundere

Fulani children reciting verses from the Koran, inscribed on their tablets.

5. Opposite: Hairdressing session

Many Cameroonian women find their chief relaxation in conversation and dressing each other’s hair.

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