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• Alembong, Nol. Cameroon’s Western Grassland Incantations: Background, Society, Cosmology. Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2010.
• Austen, Ralph A. "Comment on Jean-Pierre Warnier's “The Grassfields of Cameroon: Center or Periphery?” Africa Today 58, no. 3 (Spring 2012): pp. 73-75.
• Baumann, Hermann and Lazlo Vajda. "Bernard Ankermanns volkerkundliche Aufzeichnungen im Grasland von Kamerun 1907-1909." Baessler-Archiv N.F. 7, no. 2 (1959): pp. 217-318.
• Biro, Yaëlle. "The Canon and Its Consequences: The Reception of Bamileke Tsesah Crests." Tribal Art Magazine 22, no. 2 (Spring 2018): pp. 118-131.
• Bouquiaux, Luc, ed. L’expansion bantoue: Actes du colloque international du CNRS, Viviers (France) – 4-15 avril 1977. 3 vols. Société d’études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France 9. Paris: SELAF, 1980.
• Buratti, Mathilde. Perles d’Afrique, des données archéologiques aux objets actuels: utilisations et symbolisme à travers l’exemple des perles du Cameroun. Ph.D. thesis, Université Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne, 2016.
• Buratti, Mathilde. "Perles d’Afrique, des données archéologiques aux objets actuels: utilisations et symbolisme à travers l’exemple des perles du Cameroun." Afrique: Archéologie et Arts 12 (2016): pp. 99-100.
• Champaud, Jacques. "Genèse et typologie des villes du Cameroun de l'Ouest." Cahiers ORSTOM, série Sciences Humaines 9, no. 3 (1972): pp. 325-336.
• Champaud, Jacques. Villes et campagnes du Cameroun de l'ouest. Mémoires 98. Paris: ORSTOM, 1983.
• Curnow, Kathy. "Cameroon grassfields households," in At home in Africa: design, beauty and pleasing irregularity in domestic settings. Cleveland, OH: The Galleries at Cleveland State University, 2014.
• DeLancey, Mark Dike. "Collecting, Collections, and Cultural Heritage in the Cameroon Grassfields." African Arts 49, no. 2 (2016): pp. 1-4.
• Duchâteau, Armand. Afrika Afrique Africa: die Sammlung Stepic. Wien: Brandstätter, 2011.
• Fomin, E. S. D. and Michael M. Ndobegang. "African Slavery Artifacts and European Colonialism: The Cameroon Grassfields from 1600 to 1950." The European Legacy 11, no. 6 (2006): pp. 633-646.
• Fongod, Philip. Significance of Some Designs and Motifs in Cameroon. Bali, Cameroon: Presbyterian Handicraft Centre, 1970.
• Forni, Silvia. "Museums, Heritage, and Politics in the Cameroonian Grasslands." Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 3 (2015): pp. 51-68
• Forni, Silvia. Il ventre e la pentola: ceramiche, genere e società nei Grassfields del Camerun. Torino: Il Segnalibro Editore, 2007.
• Fowler, Ian. "Tribal and Palatine Arts of the Cameroon Grassfields: Elements for a 'Traditional' Regional Identity," in Contesting Art: Art, Politics and Identity in the Modern World edited by Jeremy MacClancy, pp. 63-84. Ethnicity and Identity. Oxford: Berg, 1997.
• Fubah, Mathias Alubafi. "The Changing 'Life' of the Buffalo/Cow Horns and New Methods of Adaptation by Carvers/Patrons in the Grassfields, Cameroon." African Studies 73, no. 1 (April 2014): pp. 41-57.
• Harter, Pierre. "Le Crane humain en Afrique." Arts d'Afrique noire 2 (1972): pp. 4-11.
• Harter, Pierre. "Les masques dite «Batcham»." Arts d'Afrique noire 3 (1972): pp. 18-45.
• Harter, Pierre. "Les pipes cérémonielles de l’ouest camerounais." Arts d’Afrique noire 8 (Winter 1973): pp. 18-43.
• Heumen Tchana, Hugues. Musées nationaux d'Afrique: Rôles et enjeux: Le Musée national de Yaoundé. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2014.
• Inikori, Joseph E. "Comment on Jean-Pierre Warnier's “The Grassfields of Cameroon: Center or Periphery?” Africa Today 58, no. 3 (Spring 2012): pp. 76-87.
• Jindra, Michael. The Proliferation of Ancestors: Death Celebrations in the Cameroon Grassfields. Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1997.
• Jindra, Michael. “The Rise of Death Celebrations in the Cameroon Grassfields” in Funerals in Africa: Explorations of a Social Phenomenon edited by Michael Jindra and Joël Noret. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Kaberry, Phyllis M. "Retainers and Royal Households in the Cameroons Grassfields." Cahiers d'Études Africaines 3, no. 10 (1962): pp. 282-298.
• Knöpfli, Hans. Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon. British Museum Occasional paper 107. London: British Museum, 1997.
• Knöpfli, Hans. Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon - vol. 2. Sculpture and symbolism: woodcarvers and blacksmiths. Basel: Basel Mission, 1999.
• Knöpfli, Hans. Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon - vol. 3. Baskets and calabashes, palms and people. Basel: Basel Mission, 2001.
• Knöpfli, Hans. Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen of the Western Grasslands of Cameroon - vol. 4. Living in style: handicrafts, music and the fabric of social life. Basel: Basel Mission, 2002. [Reviewed by Raymond Silverman in Material Religion 2, no. 2 (2006): pp. 247-248.]
• Knöpfli, Hans. Grasland: eine afrikanische Kultur. Wuppertal: Hammer, 2008. [Reviewed by Ute Röschenthaler in Journal of African History 50, no. 2 (2009): pp. 327-328.]
• Koloss, Hans-Joachim. Kamerun: Könige, Masken, Feste: Ethnologische Forschungen im Grasland der Nordwest-Provinz von Kamerun. Stuttgart: Auslandsbeziehungen Stuttgart; Linden-Museums Stuttgart, 1977.
• Labouret, Henri. "L'art au Cameroun." Togo-Cameroun (Paris) (April-July 1935): pp. 167-176.
• Lancit, Matthew. Funeral season (la saison des funérailles): marking death in Cameroon. DVD. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 2010. [Reviewed by David Zeitlyn in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 17, no. 3 (2011): p. 645.]
• Lawyer, Linda Ankiambom. “Female Missionary Activities and the Redefinition of Gender Roles in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon 1904-2006.” International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science 5, no. 3 (April 2017): pp. 86-101.
• Lehuard, Raoul. "Batcham: Sculptures du Cameroun - à Marseille." Arts d'Afrique noire 89 (Spring 1994): pp. 29-31.
• Lehuard, Raoul. "Les rois sculpteurs: Art & Pouvoir dans le Grassland camerounais." Arts d'Afrique noire 87 (Autumn 1993): pp. 34-36.
• Lintig, Bettina von. "Photographs from French Guinea and Cameroon by Rudolf and/or Helene Oldenburg." Tribal Art 90 (Winter 2018): pp. 106-119.
• Mark, Cynthia. African Life: People of the Cameroon Grasslands. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Education, 1977.
• Mbunwe-Samba, Patrick. Rites of Passage and Incorporation in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. Bamenda, Cameroon: Kaberry Research Centre, 1993.
• Nkwi, Paul N. and Jean-Pierre Warnier. Elements for a History of the Western Grassfields. Yaounde: Department of Sociology, University of Yaounde, 1982.
• Nsamenang, A. Bame. “Ethnotheories of developmental learning in the western grassfields of Cameroon,” in Educational Theories and Practices from the Majority World edited by P. R. Dasen and Abdeljalil Akkari. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008.
• Pelican, Michaela. Masks and Staffs: Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields. New York: Berghahn, 2015. [Reviewed by Jude Fokwang in American Anthropologist 118, no. 4 (2016): pp. 849-850.]
• Perrois, Louis. Arts royaux du Cameroun. Genève: Musée Barbier-Mueller, 1994.
• Rowlands, Michael and Jean-Pierre Warnier. “The Magical Production of Iron in the Cameroon Grassfields,” in The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns edited by Thurstan Shaw, P. Sinclair, B. Andah, and A. Okpoko, pp. 512-550. London: Routledge, 1993.
• Stallcup, K. “La Géographie linguistique des grassfields,” in L’Expansion Bantoue edited by L. M. Hyman and J. Voorhoeve, pp. 43-57. Paris: SELAF, 1980.
• Tchegho, Jean-Marie. Lights from Africa: the surroundings of main African social values with special reference to the Grassfield people of Cameroon. African roots collection. Yaoundé: Éditions Démos, 2012.
• Terretta, Meredith. Nation of outlaws, state of violence: nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2014. [Reviewed by Giacomo Macola in American Historical Review 119, no. 5 (2014): pp. 1828-1829; by Eric Mokuba in Africa Today 61, no. 2 (2014): pp. 124-126.]
• Thornton, John K. "Comment on Jean-Pierre Warnier's ‘The Grassfields of Cameroon: Center or Periphery?’” Africa Today 58, no. 3 (2012): pp. 88-91.
• Warnier, Jean-Pierre. Cameroon Grassfields Civilization. Mankon, Bamenda: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2012.
• Warnier, Jean-Pierre. Echanges, développement et hiérarchies dans le Bamenda pré-colonial (Cameroun). Studien zur Kulturkunde 76. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1985.
• Warnier, Jean-Pierre. "The Grassfields of Cameroon: Ancient Center or Recent Periphery?" Africa Today 58, no. 3 (2012): pp. 58-72.
• Wittmer, Marcilene K. Visual Diplomacy: The Art of the Cameroon Grassfields Cambridge, MA: Hurst Gallery, 1991.