2022年4月13日 · Cameroon is a country in Central Africa with a population of more than 25 million and around 250 ethnic groups. In the western highlands region, the mountainous and volcanic lands called “Grassfields” are areas marked by chieftaincies.

2023年11月6日 · As a result, certain African beliefs are subjected to denigrating violence. This is the case of the Bamiléké cults in West Cameroon, which are characterised by specific rites, ceremonies and places.

2023年3月14日 · In Cameroon, football has been used to perpetuate the omnipresence of President Paul Biya. This tool resonated with many given Cameroon’s craze for the sport. When its national side, the “Indomitable Lions,” reached the World Cup quarterfinal in 1990—a first for Africa—Biya basked in the glory of this achievement by adopting the ...

2011年3月3日 · During the twentieth century, Obasinjom became one of the best known and most effective cult agencies in the Cross River area of Cameroon and Nigeria. This paper aims at reconstructing the history of Obasinjom and some of its variants.

2024年1月18日 · In the wake of the revelations surrounding the late cult leader TB Joshua, it's crucial to delve into the factors contributing to the vulnerability of followers, particularly in the context of Africa.

Based on a corpus of cults observed in the Bamiléké country (2021/2022), this article aims to rehabilitate them in order to place them in the context of a poorly understood monotheistic religion, hence the following problem: how is religious worship characterised in the Bamiléké country in a context of globalisation where certain African ...

As of mid-year, there were over 638,000 internally displaced people across the Anglophone regions and at least 1.7 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Armed separatists, who have violently...

2018年9月23日 · Locals have named this form of ancestral worship: La Culte des Crânes, or the Skull Cult. The religious rite, which has necromancy at its fulcrum, is of ancient origin and the Bamiléké...

2023年9月15日 · Witchcraft trials in Anglophone regions is sanctioned by applicable laws of the country. This article exposes contradictory developments in the fight against witchcraft in state courts in Anglophone regions of Cameroon.

Cameroon has distinct regional cultural, religious, and political traditions as well as ethnic variety. The division of the country into British- and French-ruled League of Nations mandates after World War I created Anglophone and Francophone regions.