Abstract
In displacement situations, cultural materials are often immobilised and separated from the people for whom they hold significant meanings. The over two-decade long territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, thought to have been settled by an ICJ judgement in 2002, engendered the forcible displacement of the Bakassi people from their ancestral homeland, and by extension, from their emplaced heritage. Using ethnography, the article highlights the complexities of cultural preservation and identity (re)formation in the face of displacement. It emphasizes the role of place as a contact zone and critical node in cultural contestation and for cultural sustainability.
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