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Duala versus Germans in Cameroon : dimensions of a political conflit

1977; Q24023140; Volume: 64; Issue: 237 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3406/outre.1977.2053

2419-4522

Ralph A. Austen,

African history and culture studies

German efforts to expropriate the urban landholdings of the Duala led to a protracted struggle which, in 1914, culminated with the exécution of Duala Manga Bell, the paramount Duala chief. From an economic view-point, this struggle was not rational : the Germans did not need to and Duala prosperity depended more upon rural plantations than