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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Settlers, strikers and sans-travail: the Douala riots of September 1945 |
Author: | Joseph, Richard A. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 669-687 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Cameroon |
Subjects: | rebellions 1945 colonists Europeans |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/180996 |
Abstract: | The outbreak of World War II had profound consequences for the future of the colonial world. These consequences are usually linked to external factors, but of equal importance were developments within the colonial territories themselves. Not only economic factors but also other factors reinforced the oppressive apparatus of the colonial state, and in turn heightened the discontent. In the case of the Douala riots in 1945 there are two particular factors responsible for the acute tensions: 1) the rapid transformation of the social structure of the port-city of Douala, and 2) the presence of an European settler community in Cameroun - with its main centre in Douala and the Douala hinterland - which was apprehensive about its future status in the territory. In general, the part played by the small settler communities in French sub-Saharan Africa has been overlooked or underemphasized. In the case of the Douala incidents of September 1945, the members of this community are shown to have been major protagonists in the violent disputes and confrontations which took place. Notes. |