Abstract:
The objective of this research is to explain the factors contributing to the obstinacy of
marijuana against legal repression in Cameroon throughout the case study of Semi-Bantu people,
by examining the cultural practices and beliefs shaping the relationship between cannabis and
the concerned indigenous populations. The research design is explorative, using qualitative
method of the research. Ethnography has provided Primary data through interviews and direct
observation, using a containing open-ended questions Form. Because of the repression from the
police about cannabis and ethical considerations, the researcher has avoided Focus groups
discussions. Secondary data were provided by written sources and Internet. Data analysis
consisted in Explanation, Comment, Comparison. Functionalism and Cultural Interpretative
approaches have been exploited to explain facts. According to the Research findings, Cannabis
resists to legal repressions because, it is a Culture Core, a cultural feature that is fundamental
among Semi-Bantu people’s ways of making their living; including Food, Ethno medicine,
Spirituality, Social Organization, and other domains of Semi-Bantu’s Ethno Science. Cannabis is
embedded in Semi-Bantu’s traditions. The Government’s Law preventing people from Cannabis
Use, is culturally incompatible or inappropriate. The Survival of Cannabis to Law is also due to
its high prize in the black market, it provides much more than other Crops. As suggestion, Local
cultural practices and beliefs should be taken into account before the implementation of any
Policy. Failure in the application of that principle has caused the resistance from the concerned
populations in Cameroon.