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| Title: | History, the Nation-State, and Alternative Narratives: An Example from Colonial Douala |
| Author: | Schler, Lynn |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | African Studies Review |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | April |
| Pages: | 89-108 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Cameroon |
| Subjects: | immigrants community development plural society historiography colonial period History and Exploration Urbanization and Migration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) nationalism |
| External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/african_studies_review/v048/48.1schler.pdf |
| Abstract: | The examination of New Bell, Douala, Cameroon, in the interwar period offers an alternative to the nationalist narrative dominating the historiography of Cameroon until now, and perhaps constitutes a first step in correcting longstanding inaccuracies. This paper calls into question the commonly accepted linkages made by historians between the Duala elite anticolonial struggle and early nationalism in Cameroon. It argues that, in contrast to the Duala political mobilization, the experiences of the immigrant community residing in the Douala quarter of New Bell in the interwar period represented an alternative consciousness around which immigrants organized their lives. It demonstrates why some alliances and experiences do not find their way into the historical record and what steps must be taken to reverse this trend in order to allow for a better understanding of how Africans have lived together in multiethnic collectives not necessarily corresponding to nation-State boundaries. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
