The Cameroon War (eBook)

A History of French Neocolonialism in Africa

Thomas Deltombe, Manuel Domergue, Jacob Tatsitsa (Autoren)

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2025 | Ebook UK & RoW
244 Seiten
Verso (Verlag)
978-1-78873-378-6 (ISBN)

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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, Yaound,.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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Verso's Southern Questions
• Übersetzer: David Broder
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Africa • Algeria • Colonialism • conflict • Counterinsurgency • Decolonization • de Gaulle • Empire • Foccart • Françafrique • franc CFA • France • imperialism • Independence • Insurgency • mbembe • Mitterrand • neocolonial • Revolution • Yaoundé
• ISBN-10: 1-78873-378-9 / 1788733789
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78873-378-6 / 9781788733786