From Pagan to Pullo

Ethnic identity change in northern Cameroon

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ID2511202
AuthorsEmily A Schultz (corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume54
Issue1
Pages46-64
Publication date1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1160143
OpenAlexW2008181091
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited12

Opening ParagraphThis paper explores the nature of ethnic identity in the small town of Guider in northern Cameroon. It focuses on the process of ethnic identity change, specifically upon the incorporation into the Fulbe (sing. Pullo) ethnic group of individuals who originate outside it. Ethnic group change of this kind is not unknown in Africa (see Little, 1951; Richards, 1954; Banton, 1957; Wallerstein, 1960; Burnham, 1972; Salamone, 1975; Nicolas, 1975; Vaughan, 1981). The data in this study contribute to a growing body of literature concerned with ethnic boundary crossing, but, I shall argue, they suggest that we re-examine certain widely held assumptions about ethnicity and the process of ethnic assimilation

Aesthetics · Assimilation (phonology · Cultural assimilation · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Identity (music · Paragraph · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Philosophy

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