Zoning in: The contributions of buyam–sellams to constructing Cameroon’s wild food zone

A food market in Yaoundé. [Display omitted] •Studies of forests in Africa use the term zone to denote forested areas.•Zone as a concept in human geography is under-theorized.•A case study of wild foods in Cameroon’s HFZ demonstrates the utility of the zone.•The ‘zone’ offers scholarly insights that...

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Market
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