Akwansisi Cultural Heritage and the Creation of a National Identity: The Cross River Monoliths, Nigeria
Akwansisi Cultural Heritage and the Creation of a National Identity: The Cross River Monoliths, Nigeria
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阿克万西西文化遗产与国家认同的创建：尼日利亚克罗斯河巨石
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2012
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J. Chime
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Frank N. Enor;J. Chime
在中央十字河的一个小区域，文化和语言上指定为“Bakor”，躺在石雕柱（巨石），在人类的形式。这些雕刻在当地被称为Akwansisi（死者的石头），Nta和Nde群体和Atal（石头），其他Bakor语言群体。这种石头文化延伸到贝努埃山谷、Boki、Obubra、Ogoja和尼日利亚喀麦隆边境的部分地区。该文化区历史上是非洲历史上伟大的班图人或半班图人的家园。外国观察家和评论家进行的人类学和其他学术调查将克罗斯河巨石的起源归因于流浪的哈姆特人或今天不在文化区内的外来居住者的创造性智慧。本文不仅试图避开含米特人的挥之不去的附属物和外部内部发展的解释，但显然表明，艺术和令人印象深刻的石雕柱是该地区目前居住者的祖先的手工艺品，可以追溯到古代。Akwansisi是非洲艺术和文化的遗产，对居住在该地区的群体具有历史、宗教和社会意义;它们是Bakor身份的象征。文章还谴责了对国家文物的严重忽视，对文化遗产的反感，以及即使在这个文化旅游时代也缺乏维护态度。LWATI：当代研究杂志，9（2），81-88，2012
In a small region of the Central Cross River, culturally and linguistically designated ‘Bakor’, lie columns of stone carvings (monoliths), in human forms. These carvings are referred to locally as Akwansisi (stones of the departed), by the Nta and Nde groups and Atal (stones), by other Bakor speaking groups. This stone culture stretches to parts of the Benue valley, Boki, Obubra, Ogoja and the Nigerian Cameroun border. The culture zone is historically the homeland of the great Bantu or semi Bantu people of African history. Anthropological and other scholarly surveys by foreign observers and commentators have attributed the origins of the Cross River monoliths to the creative ingenuity of wandering Hamites or alien occupants who are today not within the culture zone. This paper attempts not only to ward off the lingering appendage of Hamitic and outside-in interpretation of internal developments, but to show evidently that the artistic and impressive columns of stone carvings are the handiwork of the ancestors of the present occupants of the region stretching back to antiquity. Akwansisi are a heritage of African arts and culture with historical, religious and social significance to the groups who inhabit the region; they are a symbol of Bakor identity. The paper also decries the abysmal neglect of the nation’s cultural artifacts, antipathy for cultural heritage and the lack of a maintenance attitude even in this age of cultural tourism. LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research , 9(2), 81-88, 2012