Jacob Tatsitsa: The Cameroon War

Cover: 9781788733762 | The Cameroon War | A History of French Neocolonialism in Africa | Buch

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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, Yaoundé.

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.

Über den Autor

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Verso's Southern Questions
ISBN-13:	9781788733762
ISBN-10:	1788733762
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Tatsitsa, Jacob Domergue, Manuel Deltombe, Thomas
Übersetzung:	Broder, David
Hersteller:	Verso Books Verso's Southern Questions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	LOGOS EUROPE, 9 Rue Nicholas Poussin, F-17000 La Rochelle, contact@logoseurope.eu
Maße:	207 x 138 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Jacob Tatsitsa (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.09.2025
Gewicht:	0,182 kg