Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: Duala and Their Hinterland, 1600-1960 by Jonathan Derrick, Ralph A. Austen

Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: Duala and Their Hinterland, 1600-1960

Jonathan Derrick, Ralph A. Austen

268 pages 1999

1 edition

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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...

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