Bouba MAMOUDOU, Alain Roger PEGHA DE „RIO DOS

Bouba MAMOUDOU, Alain Roger PEGHA
DE „RIO DOS CAMAROES” À L’AVÈNEMENT DU CAMEROUN:
LE RÔLE DE DOUALA DANS LE PROCESSUS DE NAISSANCE DE
L'ÉTAT DU CAMEROUN
FROM „RIO DOS CAMAROES” TO THE RISE OF CAMEROON: THE
ROLE OF DOUALA INTO THE BIRTH PROCESS OF THE STATE OF
CAMEROON
DE LA „RIO DOS CAMAROES” LA APARIȚIA CAMERUNULUI:
ROLUL ORAȘULUI DOUALA ÎN CADRUL PROCESULUI DE
GENEZĂ A STATULUI CAMERUNEZ
- Abstract -
Town with a great historical past, Douala was an important centre for
the commercial transactions and for various interactions between the people
living along the banks of Wouri river and the Europeans, throughout the
XIX-th century. Germans will sign with Duala populations an extremely
discussed treaty, whose application allowed the introduction of German
protectorate in 1884 and the birth of “Kamerun”, transformed by the French
into “Cameroun”, shortly after the First World War and the departure of
Germans.
Epicentre of the exchanges, Douala was also the main door for the
entry the Judeo-Christian civilization to Cameroun and the major place
where the colonial order and its abuses were questioned. This important city
gave rise to the U.P.C., which was the head of the long bloody war of
liberation started in 1955, which led to the independence of Cameroun in
1960.
Keywords: Douala, the Duala people, Cameroon,
colonialism, trade
nationalism,