Mankon – Arts, Heritage and Culture from the Mankon Kingdom –

– Catalogue of the Mankon Museum –

“It is in a plural perspective – a combination of museology, museography, history, ethnography and stylistic and aesthetic analysis, where objects are pregnant with ‘meaning’ but are also identifiable characteristic forms, all bearers of memory in the treasures of the kings, notables and secret societies, that this book is presented, interpreting the cultural and artistic output of the kingdom of Mankon of the high plateaux of Western Cameroon, known as the Grassland.

This output, which represents an essential part of the cultural and artistic heritage of Mankon, plays a fundamental role in the cultural continuity, safe-guarding evidence from the past and the native religion and participation in rites useful for the well-being of society. The objects are extraordinarily rich, both in their quality, the diversity of the domains the deal with and the variety of their decorative motifs, styles and themes. …

Here, art is, above all, symbolic, expressionist, exhibitionist, decorative, functional and utilitarian, …”