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Middlemen of the Cameroon Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland c.1600-c. 1960
Middlemen of the Cameroon Rivers The Duala and their Hinterland c1600c 1960 Author: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 Eur... more »opean 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.« less