Petitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation : the history of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960 / Meredith Terretta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terretta, Meredith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroon--Politics and government.

Cameroon.

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thousands of Cameroonian women played an essential role in the radically anti-colonial nationalist movement led by the Union of the Populations of Cameroon (UPC): they were the women of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women (UDEFEC). Drawing on women nationalistsí petitions to the United Nations, one of the largest collections of political documents written by African women during the decolonization era, as well as archival research and oral interviews, this work shows how UDEFEC transcended ethnic, class, education and social divides, and popularized nationalism in both urban and rural

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Cameroonian Women and the Writing of Popular Nationalism

Ruben Um Nyobe and the Multi-Layered Origins of the UPC and UDEFEC

UDEFEC's Political Awakening

The Official Ban of the Nationalist Movement, and Reorganization in the Maquis

City to Village: The Rejection of the Colonial Curse

Conclusion : Towards a Nation of Outsiders

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157).

ISBN:

9956-728-18-7

9956-728-55-1

OCLC:

834608015