Wrath from the Gods' : traditional institutions and electoral politics in Bali

dc.contributor.upauthorGwaibi, Numvi Wallaceen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-28T13:32:17Z
dc.date.available2017-06-28T13:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-05en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the 2013 municipal elections in Bali subdivision, North West Cameroon. The ethnography utilises participant observation, semi-structured interviews, document analyses and so forth to unearth strategies employed by the CPDM and SDF parties to retain and/or regain Bali Council. The CPDM, in collusion with traditional authorities, was accused of utilising a sacred cult 'Voma' to intimidate voters. The SDF was accused of importing witchdoctors from Nigeria and Pygmies from East Cameroon to cast magical spells on the population, to make the people vote for it. The CPDM won a landslide, but struggled to dispel rumours about the impact and consequences of Voma.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for the Advancement of Scholarshipen
dc.description.urihttp://jas.sagepub.comen
dc.identifier.citationGwaibi, N.W. 2017, ''Wrath from the Gods' : traditional institutions and electoral politics in Bali', Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 324-345.en
dc.identifier.issn1745-2538 (online)en
dc.identifier.issn0021-9096 (print)en
dc.identifier.other10.1177/0021909615577500en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61176
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2017en
dc.subjectParty politicsen
dc.subjectMunicipal electionsen
dc.subjectTraditional authoritiesen
dc.subjectSacred societyen
dc.subjectAncestral godsen
dc.titleWrath from the Gods' : traditional institutions and electoral politics in Balien_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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