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Title:Family and farm in southern Cameroon
Author:Guyer, Jane I.ISNI
Year:1984
Issue:15
Pages:154
Language:English
Series:African research studies
Publisher:Boston University African Studies Center
ISBN:0915118130
Geographic term:Cameroon
Subjects:Beti
women's work
subsistence farming
Abstract:An attempt to address family history and agricultural history as interactive processes. The centeral topic is women's farming among the Beti of Southers Cameroon. Part I draws historical ethnography to show the context of family relations and farming patterns in the pre-colonial period, and on historical sources to show the various forces these have been subject to. Part II is based on field research and concentrates on the processes whereby new situations are negotiated. Four appendices: Regional ecological conditions; rainfall and population - Demographic structure, primary research villages - Some major staples - Men's income and expenditure.