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1997

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Crafts and Technologies: Some Traditional Craftsmen of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon

Since time immemorial, inhabitants of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon in west Africa have been evolving an educational system devoid of literacy. Teaching focused on traditional crafts, including weaving, stitching of traditional dress, carving, sculpture, pottery, smelting of materials and smithing. The skills the people learned served them well, as...

Knopfli, Hans
Cameroon, traditional crafts, West Africa, and history