Paul Nchoji Nkwi
Biographic Data
| ID | 125906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Nchoji Nkwi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul Nchoji |
| FAMILY NAME | Nkwi |
| SIGNATURE | NKWI P N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Yaoundé I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impacts of Co-Management of Forest Resourcesin the Kounabembe Cultural Universe, East Cameroon Region
Objective: This article aims to examine the impact of changes linked to the co- management of forest resources on the way of life of the Kounabembe in the East Region, Cameroon. Method: In addition to the literature review, standard development anthropology techniques were used to collect data in the field from co-management actors, community members, and co-management beneficiaries. Following this qualitative research, the data was transcribed, …
Anthropology in a Postcolonial Africa
This chapter examines the ways in which African anthropologists have developed knowledge within a particular set of state needs and within a particular set of power relations. It begins with an overview of the anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa and then offers a history of the Pan African Association of Anthropologists (PAAA). The development of Africanist anthropology in France was largely the work of two key government-sponsored institutes: the…
Global health is political; can it also be compassionate
We need a renewed vision for global health as well as a renewed vision of ourselves in it. If, as researchers and practitioners, we spend too much time protecting our careers and our funding sources at any costs, and too little time with the people we aim to help, we will struggle to both recognise their suffering as suffering and accept the extent to which we can be profoundly mistaken in what these people need. To improve health for all, we nee…
Why context matters for social norms interventions
Child marriage is a global health and human rights issue. In Cameroon, 30% of women are married before age 18 but little research exists on the drivers of child marriage in the country. This qualitative study contributes to understanding the role of social norms in sustaining child marriage in Far-North and East Cameroon. Participants in the study ( N = 80) included women and men from four, ethnically different, rural communities (two in the Far-…
Social norms and child marriage in Cameroon
This paper reports on a qualitative study on social norms and child marriage in rural Cameroon, a country with high prevalence of child marriage but largely ignored in the literature. Study participants (n = 80) were men and women from four different ethnic groups living in four rural villages (two in the Far-North, two in the East). With the assistance of four local interviewers, we conducted 16 semi-structured focus groups to understand how exi…
P an‐ A frican Anthropological Association ( Paaa )
The birth of the Pan‐African Anthropological Association goes back to the Twelfth Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, which took place in August 1988 in Zagreb, in present‐day Croatia. This international congress, attended by over 1,200 anthropologists from across the world had a meager presence of just twelve Africans, coming from seven countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Z…
The Anthropology of Africa
In 1999 (August 30 ? September 2) the Pan African Anthropological Association (PAAA) marked the 10th anniversary of its creation by holding its 9th Annual Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon ? the city and country of its birth. The conference, themed ?The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century?, was attended by some seventy participants, mostly African. Among the international participants was Dr Sydel Silverman, President of the Wen…
"A Comment on "South Africa
Anthropology at the University of Yaounde I
The teaching of anthropology at the University of Yaoundé I dates back to the very birth of the university, even though, the word anthropology was not used explicitly. The rapid growth of the discipline was enhanced by the 1993/94 university reforms which offered a window of opportunity to the discipline to redefine itself and rehabilitate its image after decades of battering. From a few students in the 1980s, the discipline enrolls over a hundre…
Rethinking the role of elites in rural development
The epileptic among the Bamileke of Maham in the NDE Division, West Province of Cameroon
The epileptic among the Bamileke of Maham in the NDE Division, West Province of Cameroon
Rethinking the role of elites in rural development
Anthropology at the University of Yaounde I
The teaching of anthropology at the University of Yaoundé I dates back to the very birth of the university, even though, the word anthropology was not used explicitly. The rapid growth of the discipline was enhanced by the 1993/94 university reforms which offered a window of opportunity to the discipline to redefine itself and rehabilitate its image after decades of battering. From a few students in the 1980s, the discipline enrolls over a hundre…
The Anthropology of Africa
In 1999 (August 30 ? September 2) the Pan African Anthropological Association (PAAA) marked the 10th anniversary of its creation by holding its 9th Annual Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon ? the city and country of its birth. The conference, themed ?The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century?, was attended by some seventy participants, mostly African. Among the international participants was Dr Sydel Silverman, President of the Wen…
"A Comment on "South Africa
P an‐ A frican Anthropological Association ( Paaa )
The birth of the Pan‐African Anthropological Association goes back to the Twelfth Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, which took place in August 1988 in Zagreb, in present‐day Croatia. This international congress, attended by over 1,200 anthropologists from across the world had a meager presence of just twelve Africans, coming from seven countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Z…
Global health is political; can it also be compassionate
We need a renewed vision for global health as well as a renewed vision of ourselves in it. If, as researchers and practitioners, we spend too much time protecting our careers and our funding sources at any costs, and too little time with the people we aim to help, we will struggle to both recognise their suffering as suffering and accept the extent to which we can be profoundly mistaken in what these people need. To improve health for all, we nee…
Why context matters for social norms interventions
Child marriage is a global health and human rights issue. In Cameroon, 30% of women are married before age 18 but little research exists on the drivers of child marriage in the country. This qualitative study contributes to understanding the role of social norms in sustaining child marriage in Far-North and East Cameroon. Participants in the study ( N = 80) included women and men from four, ethnically different, rural communities (two in the Far-…
Social norms and child marriage in Cameroon
This paper reports on a qualitative study on social norms and child marriage in rural Cameroon, a country with high prevalence of child marriage but largely ignored in the literature. Study participants (n = 80) were men and women from four different ethnic groups living in four rural villages (two in the Far-North, two in the East). With the assistance of four local interviewers, we conducted 16 semi-structured focus groups to understand how exi…
Anthropology in a Postcolonial Africa
This chapter examines the ways in which African anthropologists have developed knowledge within a particular set of state needs and within a particular set of power relations. It begins with an overview of the anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa and then offers a history of the Pan African Association of Anthropologists (PAAA). The development of Africanist anthropology in France was largely the work of two key government-sponsored institutes: the…
Impacts of Co-Management of Forest Resourcesin the Kounabembe Cultural Universe, East Cameroon Region
Objective: This article aims to examine the impact of changes linked to the co- management of forest resources on the way of life of the Kounabembe in the East Region, Cameroon. Method: In addition to the literature review, standard development anthropology techniques were used to collect data in the field from co-management actors, community members, and co-management beneficiaries. Following this qualitative research, the data was transcribed, …
Sociology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (3 works) · History (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works)