The Art of the Bambui Kingdom (Western Grassfields, Cameroon)

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5669-0
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 130 Seiten

Written as part of the Bambui Museum and Ecotourism Project (BMEP), this stunningly illustrated book introduces readers to the history of the Bambui fondom in the western Grassfields of Cameroon, and presents an exhaustive interpretation of the artistic and cultural heritage of the fondom. Initially conceived as part of an initiative launched in 2001 by Centro Orientamento Educativo, an Italian NGO, aimed at creating museums in some palaces of the Cameroon Grassfields, the book serves as a pilot endeavour towards addressing problems associated with antiques and other cultural assets such as theft and the illegal traffic of objects, the exploitation of poor fondoms by African art dealers and researchers from the West, and the lack of education about the different ways and means the fondoms could employ to transform these resources to the benefit of all. For anyone aspiring to learn about the rich and diverse art of Bambui, in particular, and the western Grassfields as a whole, this book will prove useful, especially since it is written by someone who has lived, and is still living, the Bambui experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alubafi Fubah, Mathias

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Afrikanische Kunst
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Fälschung, Kunstraub
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Alubafi Fubah, Mathias
Mathias Alubafi Fubah is a Research Fellow in the Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices Programme at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, and a Research Associate at VIAD, University of Johannesburg. A native of Cameroon’s western Grassfields, Fubah has implemented fieldwork on art and museums in the region since 2004. His current research focuses on the indigenous criteria of the sculptural excellence of objects in the Cameroon collection at the Berlin Ethnological Museum. He is also working with Dr Peter Junge in preparing the Cameroon Grassfields exhibition for the Humboldt Forum scheduled to open in 2019. He has published in African Studies, Anthropos, and African Research and Documentation, and has co-authored a chapter on the Obasinjom Masquerade in Rituals: Practices, Ethnic and Cultural Aspects and Role in Emotional Healing (Nova Publishers, 2014). He has held fellowships at Witwatersrand and Cambridge Universities and was a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2012–13. He has co-supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students on art and museums in Africa at the Universities of Reading and the Witwatersrand. He is a reviewer for the Cambridge journal African Studies Review.

Mathias Alubafi Fubah is a Research Fellow in the Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices Programme at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, and a Research Associate at VIAD, University of Johannesburg. A native of Cameroon’s western Grassfields, Fubah has implemented fieldwork on art and museums in the region since 2004. His current research focuses on the indigenous criteria of the sculptural excellence of objects in the Cameroon collection at the Berlin Ethnological Museum. He is also working with Dr Peter Junge in preparing the Cameroon Grassfields exhibition for the Humboldt Forum scheduled to open in 2019. He has published in African Studies, Anthropos, and African Research and Documentation, and has co-authored a chapter on the Obasinjom Masquerade in Rituals: Practices, Ethnic and Cultural Aspects and Role in Emotional Healing (Nova Publishers, 2014). He has held fellowships at Witwatersrand and Cambridge Universities and was a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2012–13. He has co-supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students on art and museums in Africa at the Universities of Reading and the Witwatersrand. He is a reviewer for the Cambridge journal African Studies Review.