Mathias Alubafi Fubah
Biographic Data
| ID | 175961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathias Alubafi Fubah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathias Alubafi |
| FAMILY NAME | Fubah |
| SIGNATURE | FUBAH M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Human Sciences Research Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bamiléképhobia and the production of identity under authoritarianism in Cameroon
This article examines Bamiléképhobia as a historically produced and actively mobilized process of ethnic stigmatization and identity construction targeting the Bamileke in authoritarian, post-2018 Cameroon. Situated within debates on identity, belonging, and ethnicized governance in Africa, the study adopts a qualitative, interpretive, desk-based design grounded in historical analysis, critical discourse analysis, and elite profiling. It draws on…
Trapped by debt
Background: This study investigates the structural and socio-cultural drivers of medical indebtedness and hospital detention due to unpaid healthcare bills in the Fundong Health District, Cameroon. It explores how poverty, institutional shortcomings, and cultural beliefs converge to exacerbate patients' financial vulnerability and delay access to care. Methods: A qualitative anthropological approach was employed between February and November 2022…
Visualising the iconography of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid heroes and heroines in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa
Decolonising the Cultural Landscape
The post-apartheid South African cultural landscape is characterised by complex and contradictory dynamics. On one hand, it is a space where ongoing contestations, anti-racist struggles, and resistance against dominant ideologies persist, challenging the prevailing ways of thinking and perceiving the public sphere. On the other hand, this landscape is also susceptible to political manipulation and serves as a battleground for various class intere…
Exchanging Symbols
CITATION: Nettleton, A. & Fubah, M. A. 2019. Exchanging symbols : monuments and memorials in post-apartheid South Africa. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480594.
The changing nature of statues and monuments in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa
This paper examines the changing nature of statues and monuments in post-apartheid South Africa with special focus on newly constructed statues and monuments at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve (GNR) in Tshwane. The paper highlights the extraordinary fascination of the African National Congress (ANC) government with statues and monuments in honour of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid icons. It demonstrates that by embarking on the construction of sta…
Modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon
Introduction: This paper suggests that the recent interest in modern museums in the palaces of the Grassfields is obscurely associated with the need to transform the palaces and, more importantly to address the multiple problems plaguing the royal treasury or traditional palace museums. The paper argues that unlike the royal treasury, the modern museum is significant, partly because it constitutes a democratic space, and partly because it articul…
Modern museums in the palaces of the western Grasfields, Cameroon
This paper suggests that the recent interest in modern museums in the palaces of the Grassfields is obscurely associated with the need to transform the palaces and, more importantly to address the multiple problems plaguing the royal treasury or traditional palace museums. The paper argues that unlike the royal treasury, the modern museum is significant, partly because it constitutes a democratic space, and partly because it articulates and can b…
Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon
This article presents the findings from a survey conducted in two museums in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. The purpose of the study was to identify how people feel about the newly constructed museums. Between 2005 and 2006, and also during intermittent visits in 2009, 2010 and 2012, a total of 20 interviews were conducted with museum officials, relevant government departments, as well as local and foreign visitors to the museums. The findi…
Socio-Cultural Determinants of Infant Malnutrition in Cameroon
This study seeks to explore and explain the socio-cultural factors responsible for the incidence of infant malnutrition in Cameroon with particular emphasis on northern Cameroon where it is most accentuated. It combines quantitative data drawn from the 1991, 1998, 2004 and 2011 Cameroon Demographic and Health Surveys, as well as a literature review of publications by the WHO and UNICEF. This is further complemented with qualitative data from vari…
Title Cups and Ancestral Presence in the Bambui fondom, Cameroon Grassfields
Anthropos , Seite 633 - 640
The Changing 'Life' of the Buffalo/Cow Horns and New Methods of Adaptation by Carvers/Patrons in the Grassfields, Cameroon
The appropriation and adoption of aesthetics that retain close relation to the past is one notable reason for the survival of the drinking horn and its associated rituals in the Grassfields. Not only are foreign aesthetics such as images of Bruce Lee and flower design depicted on cow horns to associate the horns with the notion of the wilderness, typical of Grassfields carvings, but it is claimed that without the representation of aspects of the …
Chris Spring. Angaza Afrika
The changing nature of statues and monuments in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa
This paper examines the changing nature of statues and monuments in post-apartheid South Africa with special focus on newly constructed statues and monuments at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve (GNR) in Tshwane. The paper highlights the extraordinary fascination of the African National Congress (ANC) government with statues and monuments in honour of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid icons. It demonstrates that by embarking on the construction of sta…
The Changing 'Life' of the Buffalo/Cow Horns and New Methods of Adaptation by Carvers/Patrons in the Grassfields, Cameroon
The appropriation and adoption of aesthetics that retain close relation to the past is one notable reason for the survival of the drinking horn and its associated rituals in the Grassfields. Not only are foreign aesthetics such as images of Bruce Lee and flower design depicted on cow horns to associate the horns with the notion of the wilderness, typical of Grassfields carvings, but it is claimed that without the representation of aspects of the …
Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon
This article presents the findings from a survey conducted in two museums in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. The purpose of the study was to identify how people feel about the newly constructed museums. Between 2005 and 2006, and also during intermittent visits in 2009, 2010 and 2012, a total of 20 interviews were conducted with museum officials, relevant government departments, as well as local and foreign visitors to the museums. The findi…
Chris Spring. Angaza Afrika
Title Cups and Ancestral Presence in the Bambui fondom, Cameroon Grassfields
Anthropos , Seite 633 - 640
The Changing 'Life' of the Buffalo/Cow Horns and New Methods of Adaptation by Carvers/Patrons in the Grassfields, Cameroon
The appropriation and adoption of aesthetics that retain close relation to the past is one notable reason for the survival of the drinking horn and its associated rituals in the Grassfields. Not only are foreign aesthetics such as images of Bruce Lee and flower design depicted on cow horns to associate the horns with the notion of the wilderness, typical of Grassfields carvings, but it is claimed that without the representation of aspects of the …
Socio-Cultural Determinants of Infant Malnutrition in Cameroon
This study seeks to explore and explain the socio-cultural factors responsible for the incidence of infant malnutrition in Cameroon with particular emphasis on northern Cameroon where it is most accentuated. It combines quantitative data drawn from the 1991, 1998, 2004 and 2011 Cameroon Demographic and Health Surveys, as well as a literature review of publications by the WHO and UNICEF. This is further complemented with qualitative data from vari…
Modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon
Introduction: This paper suggests that the recent interest in modern museums in the palaces of the Grassfields is obscurely associated with the need to transform the palaces and, more importantly to address the multiple problems plaguing the royal treasury or traditional palace museums. The paper argues that unlike the royal treasury, the modern museum is significant, partly because it constitutes a democratic space, and partly because it articul…
Modern museums in the palaces of the western Grasfields, Cameroon
This paper suggests that the recent interest in modern museums in the palaces of the Grassfields is obscurely associated with the need to transform the palaces and, more importantly to address the multiple problems plaguing the royal treasury or traditional palace museums. The paper argues that unlike the royal treasury, the modern museum is significant, partly because it constitutes a democratic space, and partly because it articulates and can b…
Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon
This article presents the findings from a survey conducted in two museums in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. The purpose of the study was to identify how people feel about the newly constructed museums. Between 2005 and 2006, and also during intermittent visits in 2009, 2010 and 2012, a total of 20 interviews were conducted with museum officials, relevant government departments, as well as local and foreign visitors to the museums. The findi…
Exchanging Symbols
CITATION: Nettleton, A. & Fubah, M. A. 2019. Exchanging symbols : monuments and memorials in post-apartheid South Africa. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480594.
The changing nature of statues and monuments in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa
This paper examines the changing nature of statues and monuments in post-apartheid South Africa with special focus on newly constructed statues and monuments at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve (GNR) in Tshwane. The paper highlights the extraordinary fascination of the African National Congress (ANC) government with statues and monuments in honour of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid icons. It demonstrates that by embarking on the construction of sta…
Decolonising the Cultural Landscape
The post-apartheid South African cultural landscape is characterised by complex and contradictory dynamics. On one hand, it is a space where ongoing contestations, anti-racist struggles, and resistance against dominant ideologies persist, challenging the prevailing ways of thinking and perceiving the public sphere. On the other hand, this landscape is also susceptible to political manipulation and serves as a battleground for various class intere…
Visualising the iconography of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid heroes and heroines in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa
Trapped by debt
Background: This study investigates the structural and socio-cultural drivers of medical indebtedness and hospital detention due to unpaid healthcare bills in the Fundong Health District, Cameroon. It explores how poverty, institutional shortcomings, and cultural beliefs converge to exacerbate patients' financial vulnerability and delay access to care. Methods: A qualitative anthropological approach was employed between February and November 2022…
Bamiléképhobia and the production of identity under authoritarianism in Cameroon
This article examines Bamiléképhobia as a historically produced and actively mobilized process of ethnic stigmatization and identity construction targeting the Bamileke in authoritarian, post-2018 Cameroon. Situated within debates on identity, belonging, and ethnicized governance in Africa, the study adopts a qualitative, interpretive, desk-based design grounded in historical analysis, critical discourse analysis, and elite profiling. It draws on…
History (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Art (4 works)