Description: Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1 : Trade and Travel, People and Politics, Hardcover by Knutson, Knut; Ardener, Shirley (EDT), ISBN 1571817255, ISBN-13 9781571817259, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The 1880s were a critical time in Cameroon. A German warship arrived in the Douala estuary and proclaimed Cameroon a protectorate. At that time, two Swedes, Knutson and Waldau, were living on the upper slopes of the Cameroon Mountain. Very little is known about their activities. One, Knutson, wrote a long memoir of his time in Cameroon (1) which is published here for the first time. It gives fascinating insights into everyday life in Cameroon and into the multifaceted relationships among the various Europeans, and between them and the Africans, at the end of the 19th century; we learn about the Swedes' quarrels first with the Germans and later with the British, over land purchases, thus revealing the origins of long on-going disputes over Bakweri lands. We are given vivid descriptions of Bakweri notables and their, and the Europeans', cultural practices, a rare eye-witness account of the sasswood witchcraft ordeal, and learn about Knutson's friendships with slaves. Together with appended contemporary correspondence, legal opinions, and early (translated) texts, this memoir must be considered as a unique and invaluable primary source for the pre-colonial history of Cameroon.
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Book Title: Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1833-1923 : Trade and Travel, Peopl
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1883-1923 : Trade and Travel, People and Politics
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Africa / West, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Shirley Ardener
Subject Area: Travel, Social Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Cameroon Studies
Format: Hardcover
