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SUMMARY:The Art of the Bambui fondom/Kingdom - Mathias Alubafi Department 
 of History of Art\, University of the Witwatersrand
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:This project sets forth plans for a detailed study of the hist
 orical and contemporary art of the Bambui fondom in the western Grassfield
 s. It aims to examine the social\, political\, religious and cultural mean
 ings of the different categories of artefacts and art in the fondom. Under
 standing the historical and contemporary context within which artefacts an
 d art are produced and used is particularly important\, as numerous studie
 s have already highlighted\, because it corresponds to current art-histori
 cal research which aims at integrating the works in their specific ecologi
 cal\, social\, and cultural environments (Notue and Triaca 2000\; Brain 19
 72\; Warnier 1975\; Geary 1983\, 1996\; Knopfli 1997\, 1998 and Nkwi 1987\
 , 1996). It is also important because it will serve as a stepping stone to
 wards the reconstruction of the history of the artistic and cultural herit
 age of the Bambui fondom in particular\, and the western Grassfields as a 
 whole.\n\nBiography: \nMathias Alubafi is a Research Fellow on the Cambrid
 ge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme and a Visiting Scholar at Wolfs
 on College\, Cambridge. His area of interest is traditional and contempora
 ry African art\, with special focus on the art of the Cameroon Grassfields
 . He has been conducting fieldwork in western Grassfields since 2004 and i
 s currently completing a monograph on the treasures or art of his native v
 illage\, the Bambui fondom/Kingdom in the Grassfields. \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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