Purchasing culture: the dissemination of associations in the Cross River region of Cameroon and Nigeria

In: The Harriet Tubman series on the African diaspora

Abstract

A village in the Cross River region: ethnography, history and institutions -- The polycentric landscape and the development of purchasable associations -- Ekpe: from trading spheres to a network of associations -- Cult agencies and temporary problem solving -- Women's associations -- Intra-village power relations, and the "children of Ekpe" -- Purchase, intellectual property and the value of associations -- Dissemination as strategy -- Associations as investment: agency, performance and competition -- Recent development of associations