Diaspora, Gender, and Belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields
by
Harmony O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cases...