A MiddLab Project

Dialogues of Tradition and Nationality in the Legal Systems of Cameroon's Muslim North

During my study abroad experience with SIT's Development and Social Change program in Cameroon, I spent six weeks in Ngaoundéré, a large town in the country's Muslim North. Using surveys, interviews, and secondary materials I examined the relationship between the national secular legal system and traditional Islamic Fulbe law. My goal was to explore the balance between the two systems and identify areas of tension.

Eleanor Johnstone
Researcher

Michael Sheridan
Associate Professor of Anthropology & Sponsor