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Multipartyism and Nostaligia for the Unified Past: Discourses of Democracy in a Dance Association in Cameroon

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Multipartyism and Nostaligia for the Unified Past: Discourses of Democracy in a Dance Association in Cameroon
Author(s)Ignatowski, Clare A.
AbstractThe practitioners of the gurna society among the Tupuri of northern Cameroon use the language and practices associated with democracy and multipartyism to comment on local changes in gurna dances and their attending social values. The moral standards for political action and the threat of factionalism as well as nostalgia for unity among dancers and in society at large are at the heart of this commentary.
IssueNo2
Pages276-298
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceCultural Anthropology
VolumeNo19
PubDateMay 2004
ISBN_ISSN0886-7356


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