Endogenous Wildlife Management in Gabon: Case of the Fang ntumu and nzamane

The relationship with wildlife in Gabon

Paulin Kialo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

140 Seiten

2023
Our Knowledge Publishing (Verlag)
9786205601587 (ISBN)

Infos

The meaning of the prohibitions depends on the category of the person and the type of animal. The totemic prohibition comes from a covenant relationship that has been woven between the animal and the ancestor so that the totem protects man and man shows his respect for the totem in different ways, by not killing it when it is an animal and by not picking it when it is a plant. The meaning can also be biological, social and religious. Biologically, the prohibition is explained by the morphology of the animal and the consequence of the transgression. On the social level, there are prohibitions that bring bad luck. On the religious level, there are on the one hand prohibitions for the uninitiated and on the other hand prohibitions for the initiated. The animal was therefore not considered as a simple fact of nature, it had a cultural position because to each taxonomy of animals also corresponded a taxonomy of behaviors

Autor

Paulin KIALO is a senior researcher in environmental anthropology at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines in Gabon. He is the author of several books and articles. He is the author of Anthropology of the Forest.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 220 mm
• Gewicht: 227 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
• Schlagworte: animal • Fang • Forbidden • Forest • Gabon • Makokou • Ntumu • Nzamane • Oyem • Trap
• ISBN-13: 9786205601587 / 9786205601587
• Zustand: Neuware