Cultural Revalourization and Aesthetic Appraisal of The Cock Festival (Feo Kague) of The Toupuris of The Far North Region of Cameroon
Samson Shu Njimuwe
- Pages
- pp. 281-294
- Published
- July 1, 2017
Samson Shu Njimuwe (2017). Cultural Revalourization and Aesthetic Appraisal of The Cock Festival (Feo Kague) of The Toupuris of The Far North Region of Cameroon. Labyrinth, 8(2), 281-294.
Abstract
This work, entitled “Cultural Revalourization and Aesthetic Appraisal of the Cock Festival of the Toupuris of the Far North Region of Cameroon, sets out to examine issues relative to the historical background, the performance context, aesthetics and the functional focus of the Cock Festival; the (Feo Kague). This article further x -rays the form and content of the activities that culminate to this festival. This work equally takes stock of some aspects of oral tradition by exploiting some myths, rituals, incantations, legends, folktales, and symbols inherent in the Toupuri society. The article is focussed on the activities culminating to the “Feo Kague”. Particu lar attention is paid to song and dance that is performed during the festivities which are specifically the “Waiwa”, the “Mbaga” “Gourna” and the “Bolgue” songs and dances. Besides the aforementioned, references are made to the organisation of the festival and the themes hitherto. In view of the above, this work is predicated on the hypothesis that, the feo kague has aspects of literary aesthetics and that they are functional thus revalourizing the African identity. This work is written against the backdrop of Postcolonial Criticism and New Historicism. This work concludes that the Feo Kague possesses literary qualities and that they are functional. It is an epitome of the fact that the African past and present remain bedrocks for the shaping of a new Africa
Keywords:CulturalRevalourizationAestheticAppraisalCock Festival


