ISBN:
1782388710
,
9781782388715
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Cameroon studies v. 4
Keywords:
Swedes History
;
Suédois - Cameroun - Histoire
;
HISTORY - Africa - Central
;
HISTORY - Africa - West
;
Swedes
;
Travel
;
History
;
Cameroon Description and travel
;
Cameroun - Descriptions et voyages
;
Cameroon
;
Reisebericht 1883-1923
Abstract:
In the 1880s two Swedes were living on the upper slopes of the Cameroon Mountain. One of them, Knutson, wrote a long memoir of his time in Cameroon (1883-1895). It gives fascinating insights into everyday life in pre-colonial Cameroon
Description / Table of Contents:
Biographical notes on Knutson and Waldau ; The manuscript / Shirley Ardener -- Knutson's memoir : the Cameroon Mountains and the Biafran swamps -- Knutson and Waldau's contracts with the notables on the Cameroon Mountain ; Knutson's legal battles ; Waldau's last years in Cameroon / Shirley Ardener -- About the Ba-kwileh (Bakweri) people / G. Valdau -- Epitome of Waldau's A journey to the country north of the Cameroon Mountain / Edwin Ardener and E.M. Chilver -- Sir Richard Burton's visit to Mapanja, 1861-1862 (extracts) -- George Thompson's stay in Mapanja, 1871-1879 ; Stafan Sczolc-Rogozinski, 14.4.1861-1.12.96 / Shirley Ardener -- Hugo Zöller, journalist.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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