Wealth, Law, and Moral Authority: Marriage and Christian Mobilization in Interwar Cameroon

Before European colonization, bridewealth was a form of matrimonial compensation paid principally in bikié, or iron bars, along with kola nuts, palm wine, tools, and livestock, which then incorporated guns and ivory in the early and mid-nineteenth century and German marks after 1885.10 During the in...

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Published in:	The International journal of African historical studies Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 393 - 424
Main Author:	Walker-Said, Charlotte
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Boston University African Studies Center 01.01.2015 Boston University
Subjects:	19th century Africa Automobiles Bars Bicycles Bridewealth Business Cameroon Catholics Christians Clergy Colonization Compensation Couples Economic growth Family law French language German language History Inflation International relations Interwar period Language history Law Livestock Management Marriage Marriage law Metals Missionaries Mobilization Morality Motor cars Noncitizens Politics Prestige Religion Religious congregations Religious missions Society Tobacco Trade Tradition Traditions Wealth Youth Cameroon Africa
ISSN:	0361-7882, 2326-3016
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