Middlemen of the Cameroon Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland, c. 1600-c. 1960
Ralph A. Austen, Jonathan Derrick
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.
წელი:
2004
გამოცემა:
eBook (EBL)
გამომცემლობა:
Cambridge University Press
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
266
ISBN 10:
0511067801
ISBN 13:
9780511067808
სერია:
African Studies Series 96
ფაილი:
PDF, 1.69 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2004