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Kingdom on Mount Cameroon : Studies in the History of the Cameroon Coast 1500-1970.
The Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano on the coast of West Africa a few degrees north of the equator, have had a varied and at times exciting history which has brought them into contact, not only with other West African peoples, but with merchants, missionaries, soldiers and admini...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books, Incorporated,
1996.
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| Colección: | Cameroon studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SWEDISH VENTURES IN CAMEROON 1883-1923; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I. Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Biographical Notes on Knutson and Waldau; CHAPTER 2. The Manuscript; PART II. Knutson's Memoir; CHAPTER 1. From Sweden to Cameroon; CHAPTER 2. Fauna and Flora; CHAPTER 3. Misery and India-rubber; CHAPTER 4. The German Invasion 1884-1885; CHAPTER 5. Travel in the Interior 1885; CHAPTER 6. The Ancient Races; CHAPTER 7. Adventures on Cameroon Mountains and in Biaffran Swamps; CHAPTER 8. Religion and Customs of the Bakweri and Bomboko; CHAPTER 9. The Slave Trade; CHAPTER 10. Black and White.
- CHAPTER 11. The Missionaries, the Explorers and the Men I met at the CameroonsCHAPTER 12. The Future of the Cameroons; PART III. Land and Plantations; CHAPTER 1. Knutson and Waldau's Contracts with the Notables on the Cameroon Mountain; CHAPTER 2. Knutson's Legal Battles; CHAPTER 3. Waldau's Last Years in Cameroon; PART IV. Alternative Perspectives; CHAPTER 1. About the Ba-kwileh [Bakweri] People; CHAPTER 2. Epitome of Waldau's Journey to the Country North of the Cameroon Mountain; CHAPTER 3. Sir Richard Burton's Visit to Mapanja, 1861-1862.
- CHAPTER 4. George Thomson's Stay in Mapanja 1871-1879CHAPTER 5. Stefan Sczolc-Rogozinski; CHAPTER 6. Hugo Zöller, Journalist; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.