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Middlemen of the Cameroon Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland, c. 1600-c. 1960

By Ralph A. Austen , Jonathan Derrick

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0511067801, 9780511067808, 9780511059360
LCC
DT571.D83 A87 1999
Open Library ID
OL7746453M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1769036 bytes)
Series
African Studies Series 96
Edition
eBook (EBL)
Pages
266\268
Topic
History
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book is about the Duala "middlemen," who functioned as intermediaries between Europeans and their own hinterland for over three hundred years. Originally traders in ivory, slaves and palm products, they then became colonial-era cocoa planters, and finally took a leading role in anti-colonial politics. One of their lasting advantages was European education, which they used to develop ideas about their ethnicity and its historical basis. The authors criticize these local beliefs about the past but indicate what they reveal about power and identity in this region and elsewhere in Africa.

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