02788nam 2200565Ia 450 991078611310332120200520144314.09956-728-18-79956-728-55-1(CKB)2670000000343272(EBL)1164430(SSID)ssj0000938529(PQKBManifestationID)11514750(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000938529(PQKBWorkID)10921685(PQKB)11317327(MiAaPQ)EBC1164430(OCoLC)834608015(MdBmJHUP)muse27009(Au-PeEL)EBL1164430(CaPaEBR)ebr10677897(CaONFJC)MIL499232(PPN)254803571(EXLCZ)99267000000034327220130413d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPetitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation[electronic resource] the history of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960 /Meredith TerrettaOxford Langaa RPCIG20131 online resource (170 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-728-05-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157).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.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 ruralCameroonPolitics and governmentWomenPolitical activityCameroonPolitics and government.WomenPolitical activity.Terretta Meredith1495396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786113103321Petitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation3719478UNINA