The Duala people entered the international scene as
merchant-brokers for precolonial trade in ivory, slaves and palm
products. Under colonial rule they used the advantages gained from
earlier riverain trade to develop cocoa plantations and provide
their children with exceptional levels of European education. At
the same time they came into early conflict with both German and
French regimes and played a leading - if ultimately unsuccessful -
role in anti-colonial politics. In tracing these changing economic
and political roles, this book also examines the growing
consciousness of the Duala as an ethnic group and uses their
history to shed light on the history of 'middleman' communities in
surrounding regions of West and Central Africa. The authors draw
upon a wide range of written and oral sources, including indigenous
accounts of the past conflicting with their own findings but
illuminate local conceptions of social hierarchy and their
relationship to spiritual beliefs.
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