| Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and Their Hinterland, C.1600 C.1960 Contributor(s): Austen, Ralph A. (Author), Derrick, Ralph (Author), Derrick, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521566649 ISBN-13: 9780521566643 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - Central - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 967.110 |
| LCCN: 99206496 |
| Series: African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.93" W x 8.9" (0.96 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African |
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| Publisher 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. |