Cameroon Peoples, Migrations and Settlements (HARA2101)

BA. History and Archeology - HA

Semester: First Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2016

THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMS FIRST SESSION 4
TH
MARCH 2016
LEVEL 200
COURSE CODE: 203 COURSE TITLE: Cameroon Peoples, Migrations and Settlement
TIME: 8-11AM DURATION: 3HOURS
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS. YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE NECESSITY FOR
GOOD ENGLISH AND LOGICAL PRESENTATION OF YOUR ANSWER.
1. With specific reference to the Bantu origin, migration and settlement, show that the
history of peopling in Pre-colonial Cameroon is an account of controversial versions.
2. “Centralized and decentralized states, respectively, in Pre-colonial Cameroon were
neither consistently centralized nor were they rigidly decentralized”. Discuss.
3. Identify and examine the different modes by which states and kingdoms created
harmonious and conflictual relations in Pre-colonial Cameroon.
4. Critically examine the view that states and kingdoms in Pre-colonial Cameroon were
‘primitive’ but not in the Eurocentric sense.
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