The Bakundu of Cameroon Yesterday and Today: A Study in Tradition and Modernity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692298121)

This study is essentially about culture and culture change in Bakundu society. Culture and culture change have assumed a new importance in recent years with the coming of globalisation, giving currency to phrases like "culture wars" and most famously, Huntington's "clash of civilisations", the latter symbolised by the current confrontations between radical Islam and a post-Christian, post-modern secular West. This work examines the various dimensions of change in Bakundu belief system and practices. It shows how the process of modernization became irreversible because it was eventually embraced and sustained by new social classes which emerged through elite formations like the Bakundu Students' Union.

Author: Joseph B. Ebune
ISBN-10: 0692298126
ISBN-13: 9780692298121
Publisher: Miraclaire Academic Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2014
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d