Swedish ventures in Cameroon, 1833-1923 : trade and travel, people and politics : the memoir of Knut Knutson, with supporting material
In the 1880s two Swedes were living on the upper slopes of the Cameroon Mountain. One of them, Knutson, wrote a long memoir of his time in Cameroon (1883-1895). It gives fascinating insights into everyday life in pre-colonial Cameroon
Cameroon studies, v. 4
Biographies
xv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
9781571817259, 9781571813114, 1571817255, 157181311X
1013215401
Preface: How I came to edit the memoir / Shirley Ardener
Pt. I. Introduction / Shirley Ardener
1. Biographical Notes on Knutson and Waldau
2. The Manuscript
Pt. II. Knutson's Memoir: The Cameroon Mountains and the Biafran Swamps
1. From Sweden to Cameroon
2. Fauna and Flora
3. Misery and India-rubber
4. The German Invasion 1884-1885
5. Travel in the Interior 1885
6. The Ancient Races
7. Adventures on Cameroon Mountains and in Biaffran Swamps
8. Religion and Customs of the Bakweri and Bomboko
9. The Slave Trade
10. Black and White
11. The Missionaries, the Explorers and the Men I met at the Cameroons
12. The Future of the Cameroons
Pt. III. Land and Plantations / Shirley Ardener
1. Knutson and Waldau's Contracts with the Notables on the Cameroon Mountain
2. Knutson's Legal Battles
3. Waldau's Last Years in Cameroon
Pt. IV. Alternative Perspectives
1. About the Ba-kwileh [Bakweri] People / G. Valdau
2. Epitome of Waldau's 'A Journey to the Country North of the Cameroon Mountain' / Edwin Ardener and E. M. Chilver
3. Sir Richard Burton's Visit to Mapanja, 1861-1862 (Extracts)
4. George Thompson's Stay in Mapanja, 1871-1879 / Shirley Ardener
5. Stefan Sczole-Rogozinski, 14.4.1861-1.12.96 / Shirley Ardener
6. Hugo Zoller, Journalist (transl. Rosemary Frances, Ena Pedersen, Fiona Moore and Marion Berghahn)