000			03735nam a22003497a 4500
001			sulb-eb0011095
003			BD-SySUS
005			20160404144456.0
008			130418r20132012cm o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9789956728688
020			_z9789956727940
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050		4	_aBV3625.C29 _bA867 2012
100	1		_aAwoh, Peter Acho.
245	1	4	_aThe residue of the western missionary in the southern Cameroons _h[electronic resource] : _bthe Christian village : a sad tale of strife and dissension / _cPeter Awoh.
260			_aBamenda, Cameroon : _bLangaa Research & Publishing CIG ; _a[Oxford, Eng.] : _bDistributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective, _cc2012 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject Muse, _g2013) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (xiv, 409 p.) :) _bill. (some col.), col. map, ports. (some col.), digital file.
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-409).
505	0		_aForeword -- Introduction -- Shishong Christian village -- The Christian village of Njinikom -- The Baseng Christian village -- Appendix -- Selected bibliography.
520			_aThis book is the fascinating study of Christian enclaves in the Southern Cameroons of the colonial era. The Christian enclaves came into being with absolute spontaneity as a modus vivendi. Oblivious of the danger in store both colonial governments and traditional authorities provided the conditions in which these Christian villages took root and flourished. However what had taken root in the territory as a self-protection mechanism, soon unleashed its lethal, enticing tentacles luring both the wives of royals and commoners into their bosom. This disruptive influence of Christian villages threatened the survival of ethnic groups, arousing the rancour of traditional authorities and civil administrators. In many ways the Christian enclaves inhibited the potential of colonial governments to administer the territory. These states within a state propagated by the missionary in the most insidious and perfidious of all manners sowed within their own bosom the seed of self-destruction. The whole issue of runaway wives of royals and commoners alike who took refuge in the Christian villages troubled both the colonial and traditional authorities. By offering a safe haven to these runaway wives and welcoming women who were outside the traditional male authority in a tribal setup, the missionaries began sowing within the Christian communities the seeds of their own self destruction. Records of wives of Fons and commoners escaping into these enclaves, eloping with a man and returning pregnant remained the regular subject of several colonial intelligence reports. Highhanded methods by missionaries in these villages brought both the missionaries and their work into disrepute. In less than a quarter of a century these enclaves had lost the war of attrition waged by colonial and traditional authorities. Worn out by endless strife and dissension within and without and forced by contingency, what had been conceived to be ideal Christian communities with snowballing effects, saw its premature demise.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMissions _zCameroon _xHistory.
651		0	_aCameroon _xChurch history.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9956727946 _z9789956727940
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789956728688/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32386 _d32386