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1 online resource (x, 157 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- Introduction Cameroonian Women and the Writing of aPopular Nationalism; Chapter 2 -- Ruben Um Nyobé and the Multi-LayeredOrigins of the UPC And UDEFEC; Chapter 3 -UDEFEC's Political Awakening; Chapter 4 -- The Official Ban of the Nationalist Movement, And Reorganization in the Maquis; Chapter 5 -- From the City to the Village: The Rejection ofthe Colonial Curse; Chapter 6 -- Conclusion. Towards a Nation of Outsiders; Bibliography; Back cover. |
| 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 ar. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Union démocratique des femmes camerounaises.
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Union démocratique des femmes camerounaises. |
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Union des populations du Cameroun.
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Union des populations du Cameroun. |
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Union démocratique des femmes camerounaises. |
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Union des populations du Cameroun. |
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Women -- Political activity -- Cameroon.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Cameroon. |
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Cameroon -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Terretta, Meredith. Petitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation. Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing, 2013 9956728187 |
| ISBN |
9789956728558 (electronic book) |
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9956728551 (electronic book) |
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9956728187 (electronic book) |
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9789956728183 (electronic book) |
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9956728055 |
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9789956728053 |
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