Thomas Deltombe, Manuel Domergue, Jacob Tatsitsa

The Cameroon War (eBook, ePUB)

A History of French Neocolonialism in Africa
Übersetzer: Broder, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788733786
• Artikelnr.: 74329596

Autorenporträt

Thomas Deltombe is an editor and journalist who writes widely for the French press.

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

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

Rezensionen

The Cameroon War throws a spotlight on an episode of Franco-Cameroonian history that is still passed over in silence Julien Le Gros Le Point