Art of the Cameroon grasslands

Peter Weis has collected ethnological artifacts - primarily African art - for nearly forty years. His research has focused in particular on works of traditional Cameroonian art. Dr. Weis studied economics and law, and has worked in industry and as a bank manager in Germany and abroad. He was subsequently appointed full professor of human resource management at Kempten University of Applied Sciences.

Bettina von Lintig completed her studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with an ethnology doctorate specializing in the Cameroon Grasslands. She began publishing journalistic texts with an anthropological focus during her college years. As an expert on « tribal art, » she has worked in the trade, archived collections, and curated exhibitions. She was a member of the Bayreuth-based Humanities Collaborative Research Center's interdisciplinary program « Local Action in Africa in the Context of Global Influences, » and her research interest has focused on modernist and contemporary art movements in Senegal and Paris. She has worked as an independent researcher for many years and has published numerous books and essays.