03581nam 2200517 450 991081099900332120200520144314.01-57181-929-010.1515/9781782388708(CKB)3860000000010334(MiAaPQ)EBC4987378(DE-B1597)636822(DE-B1597)9781782388708(NjHacI)993860000000010334(Au-PeEL)EBL4987378(CaPaEBR)ebr11429314(OCoLC)1002697269(EXLCZ)99386000000001033420020123d2002 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSwedish ventures in Cameroon, 1883-1923 trade and travel, people and politics : the memoir of Knut Knutson with supporting material /edited and with commentaries by Shirley ArdenerNew York :Berghahn Books,2002.1 online resource (404 p.)Cameroon studies ;volume 41-78238-870-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES -- PREFACE: How I came to edit the memoir -- PART I. Introduction -- Map -- CHAPTER 1. Biographical Notes on Knutson and Waldau -- CHAPTER 2. The Manuscript -- PART II. Knutson’s Memoir. The Cameroon Mountains and the Biafran Swamps -- Map -- CHAPTER 1. From Sweden to Cameroon -- CHAPTER 2. Fauna and Flora -- CHAPTER 3. Misery and India-rubber -- CHAPTER 4. The German Invasion 1884–1885 -- CHAPTER 5. Travel in the Interior 1885 -- CHAPTER 6. The Ancient Races -- CHAPTER 7. Adventures on Cameroon Mountains and in Biaffran Swamps -- CHAPTER 8. Religion and Customs of the Bakweri and Bomboko -- CHAPTER 9. The Slave Trade -- CHAPTER 10. Black and White -- CHAPTER 11. The Missionaries, the Explorers and the Men I met at the Cameroons -- CHAPTER 12. The Future of the Cameroons -- PART III. Land and Plantations -- CHAPTER 1. Knutson and Waldau’s Contracts with the Notables on the Cameroon Mountain -- CHAPTER 2. Knutson’s Legal Battles -- CHAPTER 3. Waldau’s Last Years in Cameroon -- PART IV. Alternative Perspectives -- CHAPTER 1. About the Ba-kwileh [Bakweri] People -- CHAPTER 2. Epitome of Waldau’s Journey to the Country North of the Cameroon Mountain -- CHAPTER 3. Sir Richard Burton’s Visit to Mapanja, 1861–1862 (Extracts) -- CHAPTER 4. George Thomson’s Stay in Mapanja 1871–1879 -- CHAPTER 5. Stefan Sczolc-Rogozinski -- CHAPTER 6. Hugo Zöller, Journalist -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXThe Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano on the coast of West Africa a few degrees north of the equator, have had a varied and at times exciting history which has brought them into contact, not only with other West African peoples, but with merchants, missionaries, soldiers and administrators from Portugal, Holland, England, Jamaica, Sweden, Germany and more recently France.Cameroon studies ;v. 4.SwedesCameroonHistoryCameroonDescription and travelSwedesHistory.967.11/004397Knutson Knut1857-1930,1706747Ardener ShirleyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810999003321Swedish ventures in Cameroon, 1883-19234094432UNINA