Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon
In Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. Palace architecture is considered first and foremost as political in nature, and therefore as responding not only to the needs and expectations of the conquerors, but also to those of the largely sedentary, agricultural, non-Muslim conquered peoples who constituted the majority population. In the process of reconciling the cultures of these various constituents, new architectural forms and local identities were constructed.
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Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon
In Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. Palace architecture is considered first and foremost as political in nature, and therefore as responding not only to the needs and expectations of the conquerors, but also to those of the largely sedentary, agricultural, non-Muslim conquered peoples who constituted the majority population. In the process of reconciling the cultures of these various constituents, new architectural forms and local identities were constructed.
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Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon

Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon

by Mark DeLancey
Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon

Conquest and Construction: Palace Architecture in Northern Cameroon

by Mark DeLancey

Overview

In Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. Palace architecture is considered first and foremost as political in nature, and therefore as responding not only to the needs and expectations of the conquerors, but also to those of the largely sedentary, agricultural, non-Muslim conquered peoples who constituted the majority population. In the process of reconciling the cultures of these various constituents, new architectural forms and local identities were constructed.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789004309104
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 07/21/2016
Series: African History , #5
Edition description: Bilingual
Pages: 314
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mark Dike DeLancey, Ph.D. (2004), Harvard University, is Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University. He is the coauthor of two editions of the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon and the author of articles in such journals as JSAH, Cahiers d'études africaines, and Islamic Africa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Transcription, Translation, and Transliteration

Introduction

Chapter One: Architectural Form

Chapter Two: Political Symbolism

Chapter Three: Spatial Orientation

Chapter Four: Ritual Movement

Chapter Five: Secrecy

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index
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