Summary and Objectives

A study of the leadership arts of the Cameroon Grassfields provides opportunities to consider how integral the arts are to notions of power and leadership. Students study the works and then consider their functions from background information they have been given. An additional activity centers on a short film, “Pageantry in the Palace,” and students discuss and develop in writing their reactions to the film. Students will

• Explore the integral connection between art and power in the Cameroon Grassfields through research and creative word games.
• Gain insight into the culture of the Cameroon Grassfields by viewing and analyzing a short film on royal pageantry.
• React and respond to notions of pageantry among peoples of the Cameroon Grassfields and compare these to practices in their own lives.