National Politics in Post-War Cameroon: The Difficult Birth of the U.P.C. (Union of Cameroon Peoples)

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Title:	National Politics in Post-War Cameroon: The Difficult Birth of the U.P.C. (Union of Cameroon Peoples)
Author:	Joseph, Richard A.
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Journal of African Studies (UCLA)
Volume:	2
Issue:	2
Period:	Summer
Pages:	201-229
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Cameroon
Subjects:	Union des Populations du Cameroun national liberation movements Politics and Government
Abstract:	During 1946-49 the French struggled to get the genie of Cameroun nationalism (the Duala's 1945 manifesto) back into the bottle of the French Union. This was a struggle the Cameroun nationalists initially won; but during the course of these initial encounters the strategy was also forged for their eventual defeat a decade later. Sections of the article: Introductory - Ethnicity and class formation in Douala - The Mouvement Démocratique Camerounais - The Front Intercolonial - The trade union movement - The glorious assembly: the Rassemblement Camerounais - French liberal colonialism - The UPC: rumors and preparations - The UPC: formation and first steps - The UPC: appearance and reality - The UPC: emergence and extension - The policy of containment and dislocation - Conclusion: French anti-nationalism and UPC revolutionism. Notes.