CAMEROON WAR THE

DELTOMBE,THOMAS

ISBN 10: 1788733762 / ISBN 13: 9781788733762

Verlag: Verso, 2025

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers NWUS9781788733762

Inhaltsangabe:

According to conventional wisdom, France's empire in sub- Saharan Africa ended peacefully. But this book tells a different story. The shocking violence of a secret war roiled Cameroon in the 1950s and '60s. A mass movement for self-determination had emerged under the leadership of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), and France responded with brutal repression. As in Algeria, French forces waged a bloody counterinsurgency campaign. They eventually eradicated the opposition and installed a client dictatorship in the capital, Yaoundé.

With the world focused on the Algerian bloodbath, the conflict in Cameroon received little attention at the time. Its devastating aftermath - and tens of thousands of victims - were intentionally obscured by French authorities and their local collaborators. The Cameroon War uncovers this hidden history. It illuminates a forgotten struggle for decolonisation at the origin of neocolonial rule in Francophone Africa, a story that is still unfolding today.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Thomas Deltombe is an editor and journalist who writes widely for the French press.

Manuel Domergue is Research Director at the Fondation Abbé Pierre and a regular contributor to Alternatives Economiques.

Jacob Tatsitsa is a Cameroonian historian who has taught at the University of Yaoundé.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CAMEROON WAR THE
Verlag: Verso
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: NEW