The Dancing Dead: Ritual and Religion Among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria

by Walter E.A. van Beek

Book Overview

Walter E. A. van Beek draws on over four decades of fieldwork to offer an in-depth study of the religion of the Kapsiki/Higi, who live in the Mandara Mountains on the border between North Cameroon and Northeast Nigeria. Concentrating on ritual as the core of traditional religion, van Beek shows how Kapsiki/Higi practices have endured through the long and turbulent history of the region.

Kapsiki rituals reveal a focus on two fundamental concepts:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199858160
• ISBN13: 9780199858163
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"