INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KOM HISTORY AND CULTURE Where: At FUNDONG in BOYO Division, North West Region When: From 19th December to 20th December 2014 Convener: Professor Paul NKWI. Objectives: Mobilise the critical mass from the kingdom and produce a compendum of our history and culture: THEMES: 1. Early history (from Tikar to Laikom) 2. History (Jinabo I – Foyn Yuh I) 3. History (From Foyn Ngam to Yuh II): Modern History 4. History of the Nine Hills (Lower and Upper Hills) 5. Governance (central and village level) 6. Diplomacy and inter-chiefdom relationships 7. Contribution to knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge system: agriculture 8. Worldview: cosmology 9. Religion 10. System of Education: from then to now. 11. Religion: Then and now (greater transformation of our spirituality 12. Arts and Culture (focus on material culture and the mind that created Afoakom) 13. Myth and Mythology (Nature and meaning and their relevance today) 14. Language and Communication (focus on its transformation since the down of colonialism) 15. Kom literature: riddles, sayings, etc Please, let us know if you will be attending the conference and the theme you have chosen. It shall be a two-day conference running from December 19 - 20, 2014 in Fundong, Boyo division in the North West Region of Cameroon. CONTACT: Prof.Paul Nchoji NKWI,PhD, FCAS, FAAS Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Catholic University of Cameroon: Bamenda P;O Box 782 Bamenda Cameroon Phone 00237 7737849400237 77378494 Mobile 00237 9616739600237 96167396 Mobile 00237 50254000
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:08:50 +0000
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