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Ethnogenesis and fractal history on an African frontier: Mambila-njerep-mandulu
- Abstract:
- This paper explores the notion of fractals - structures that display a similar degree of complexity at whatever scale they may be viewed - in relation to investigating African history. A case study of developing ethnicities in the Mambila region of the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland is presented from a fractal perspective: five levels of the history of this region, covering different time, population and physical scales, as well as different objects of explanation for each, are explored. Our general conclusion is that the different scales, or levels, at which one may view history may contain features or imply generalizations that mask features found in, or generalizations implied by, other levels.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S002185370200823X
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Journal of African History More from this journal
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 117-138
- Publication date:
- 2003-01-01
- DOI:
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1469-5138
- ISSN:
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0021-8537
- Language:
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English
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pubs:278093
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278093
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2003
- Notes:
- Copyright 2003 Cambridge University Press. This is an accepted version of an article published by Cambridge University Press, in The Journal of African History / Volume 44 / Issue 01 / March 2003, pp 117 - 138 DOI: 10.1017/S002185370200823X.
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