Middlemen of the Cameroon Rivers

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"The Duala people entered the international scene as merchant-brokers for precolonial trade in ivory, slaves and palm products. Under colonial rule they used the advantages gained from earlier riverain trade to develop cocoa plantations and provide their children with exceptional levels of European education. At the same time they came into early conflict with both German and French regimes and played a leading - if ultimately unsuccessful - role in anti-colonial politics. In tracing these changing economic and political roles, this book also examines the growing consciousness of the Duala as an ethnic group and uses their history to shed new light on the history of "middleman" communities in surrounding regions of West and Central Africa."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Duala (African people),  Economic conditions,  History,  African history: c 1500 to c 1900,  c 1600 to c 1700,  c 1700 to c 1800,  c 1800 to c 1900,  West Africa - History,  History - General History,  To 1960,  History: World,  Africa,  Africa - Central,  Duala (African people)--History,  History / Renaissance,  Middle East - General,  Cameroon

Places: Cameroon

Times: To 1960