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Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Adamawa State
Date:
1991
Notes:
Illustrations, map.
The Koma are hill-dwelling farming peoples in the Adamawa region of northeastern Nigeria regarded by their plains-dwelling neighbors as backward. Some Koma have migrated to the lowlands and live amongst Fulbe, Chamba and Vere (Verre) peoples. Koma dress and body adornment are simple and basic compared with their lowland neighbors; this is especially so with women who appear more resistant to change than men. Eboreime examines why Koma dress patterns and practice differ between genders and between the hill-dwellers and their neighbors, including their own kin in the plains. He frames his analysis within the context of Koma social and economic life and within the theoretical postulates of Levi-Strauss and others.
Topic:
Koma (Nigerian and Cameroonian people)--Clothing Search this
Koma (Nigerian and Cameroonian people)--Ethnic identity Search this
Women, Koma (Nigerian and Cameroonian people) Search this
