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Pedagogic team:                      Prof. G.D.Mougnol and                     Dr. D.N.Keming (Senior Lecturer

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Pedagogic team:                      Prof. G.D.Mougnol and                     Dr. D.N.Keming (Senior Lecturer

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Course requirements. All candidates must have access to: laptops, internet, smart phones and tablets.

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Course requirements. All candidates must have access to: laptops, internet, smart phones and tablets.

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Nature of lectures: present and distant learning.
Course Duration. Six weeks
Instructions. All candidates must be registered after the first physical contact. Failure to do this, candidates shall not have a second chance.
Access to lectures. Keming's bloq,https://padlet.com/kemdasco/u2eb1gaa8bnh

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1.Introduction of the padlet suftware to candidates.                        2.Enrolment of candidates:physical and online                                3.Creation of a general account

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1.Introduction of the padlet suftware to candidates.                        2.Enrolment of candidates:physical and online                                3.Creation of a general account

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4.Acquaint students on the exploitation of padlet on hangout,facebook,WhatsApp, skype,Youtube videos,greenshot and sreencast interfaces.
5.Forum for discussion.
Individual Exercises.                         All candidates are cautioned to do the following in 48 hourrs:  1.Access the platform and create their individual accounts.           2.Present their worries and advantages in the next class.    3.Suggestions to amiriorate and facilitate tasks on the suftwares.

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Introduction                     1.Migration and peopling in the world is explained by the geographical theory of continental drifting that let to: Africa, North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

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Introduction                     1.Migration and peopling in the world is explained by the geographical theory of continental drifting that let to: Africa, North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

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2. The drifting spread the hamite, Semi Hamite, Bantu, Asian, Negro Bantu and the Pygmy races.           3. The period ancient in Cameroon history runs from 8000bc to1870s(time of colonialism).
4.By definition, migration means the voluntary or forceful displacement of people from one place to the other over a certain period while peopling simply refers to the ability to settle on a defined placed over a given period.
5. examples of ancient movement and peopling in Cameroon are: Pygmies, Bantus and the Sao.
6.In this regard, we shall focus on four different part of pre-colonial Cameroon:
_ Sahel region
_ Grassfields
_Forest
_Coastal peoples of Cameroon.
The study shall address four major areas viz;

1.      Who were the  people  (ethnic group /race);

2.      Where did they come from (place of origin);

3.      Why did they come? (Pull and push factors);

4.      Where they are today?( geographical location) and;

5.      What were the effects of migration and settlement?

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Location.
1. They occupied present day parts of Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon.Their disappearance let to the emergence of the Kotokos of Northern Cameroon.
2. Archaoelogical
1.By Jean Paul Leboef and wife (Ann Leboef, The first site discovered was at Ndanga Goulfeil present day Kousseri occupied between 1500 and 1 000BC.
3. Origin.
-Archaoelogically and oral sources from the Kotokos, claimed they were always found in the Lake Cahad Basin.
-Written: Arabic, Europe and African sources trace their origin from West Africa, East and North of Africa.
4.Reasons for displacement.
a. Ethnic violence
b.Desertification
c.Warm/cool
d.Search for new economic avenues
5.Consequences of Displacement
a.Population redistribution
b.Multiplication of ethnic groups
c.Extension of violence
d.Linguistic multiplicity
e.Abandoned ancestry sites/antiquities.
Exercises
Instructions.
-Assignments should be concluded before our next class.
-Once submitted, candidates can no longer modifiy.
-Group yourselves into 10s.
1.Download the material provided, read and prepare questions for the next week. Any difficulty should be forwarded to the platform for clarification.
2.Choos any ethnic group and write on:
-Origin
-Migration
_Present location
_Reasons for migration
-Present location
-What you have learnt from migration and settlement
_Consequences of migration of the people

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1. To provide background knowledge of the various ethnic groups distributed in Cameroon today.

2.  Acquaint students with a track evolution of the origins and migratory movements of the ancient peoples of Cameroon.

3. Provide explanations that led to the displacement of peoples in pre-colonial Cameroon.

4. To identify the various ethnic groups and their locations in Cameroon today.

5. Establish the consequences of population movements in pre-colonial Cameroon.

Section I

MIGRATION AND PEOPLING OF ANCIENT CAMEROON.

General Introduction

Definition of Terms and Focus

A.     THE SAO

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

2.  Archaeological origin of the Sao

3.  Oral origin of the Sao

4.  Documented origin of the Sao

B. THE BANTU

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

C. THE PYGMIES

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement
Section II

NINETEENTH CENTURY MIGRATION IN CAMEROON

A.WESTERN GRASSFIELDS

TIKARS

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

WIDEKUM

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

CHAMBA

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

AGHEM

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

MAMBILA.

1. Origin, Migration and Settlement

A.  General Causes of Migration in Ancient and 19 th C. Cameroon

A. PUSH FACTORS

1. The Jihads

2. Inter-Ethnic Wars

3. Payment of Tributes

4. Feuds

5. Succession Disputes or Dynastic Quarrels

B. PULL FACTORS

1. Economic Causes

i. Search For Fertile Land

ii.Fishing and Hunting

iii.Trade

2. Social and Natural Causes:

i. Population Pressure

ii. Cultural Affinities

iii. Natural Disasters

iv. Influence of Water Bodies

v. Topography

Section III

CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATIONS

i. Extension of Inter-Ethnic Wars

ii. Multiplication of Fondoms

iii. Adoption of New Cultural Varieties

iv. Abandonment of Ancestral Sites

v. Redistribution of Population

Conclusion

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Dr Frida, My Names are Keming David Nchinda

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Dr Frida, My Names are Keming David Nchinda