From tribute to tax in a Tikar chiefdom

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Title:	From tribute to tax in a Tikar chiefdom
Authors:	Chilver, E.M. Kabbery, P.M.
Year:	1960
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	30
Issue:	1
Pages:	1-19
Language:	English
Geographic term:	British Cameroons
Subjects:	traditional polities taxation
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1157737 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1960-030-01-000001
Abstract:	This paper deals with the accomodations made to direct taxation by Nsaw, a Tikar chiefdom now some 60.000 strong in the Bamenda grasslands of the Southern Cameroons.Their accomodations involved experiments with the political devices at their disposal, on some occasions under direct pressure from the Administration, on others in response to economic events. The limits on experimentation were set by the traditional delegations of authority and the traditional patterns of political behaviour in Nsaw, but within these limits ingenious accomodations were made. The authors are mainly concerned with the agencies which enforced policy and organized tribute and prestations, the network of communications, and the economy which sustained the social system as it was when the Germans first imposed tax in 1909.