Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1883-1923

Trade and Travel, People and Politics
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-57181-311-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Cameroon Studies

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 (1883-1895) 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ardener, Shirley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Sweden and the Cameroons

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 Bakhiviris and Bobbokkos

Chapter 9. Slave Trade

Chapter 10. Black and White

Chapter 11. The Missionaries, the Explorers, and the Men I met at the Cameroons

Chapter 12. The Future of the Cameroons

Appendices:

Appendix I: Knutson and Waldau's Contracts with the Notables on the Cameroon Mountain

Appendix II: A Climb of the Big Peak of the Cameroon Mountain

K. Knutson

Appendix III: About the Ba-kwileh People

G. Valdau

Appendix IV: English Epitome of Waldau's "A Journey to the Country North of the Cameroon Mountain"

E. Ardener and E. M. Chilver

Appendix V: Sir Richard Burton's Visit to Mafanja, 1861-1862

Appendix VI: George Thompson's Stay in Mafanja, 1871-1889

Appendix VII: Stefan (Etienne) and Sczolc (Scholz)-Rogozinski, 1861-1896

Über Autor(innen)

Ardener, Shirley
Shirley Ardener teaches at the Center for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford, and is a member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, of which she was also the founding director.