Editions AfricAvenir reveals the voices of Cameroonian patriarchs and matriarchs on German colonisation in Cameroon.
\nThe Elders spoke in their own national languages. The interviews were recorded, transcribed in the respective Cameroonian languages, translated into French, German and English.
\nLet Begin in the Centre Region with interviews in Eton and Manguissa, translated into English
\nNo, Wait! Let Mama Speak\u2026
\n\u201cThey treated us very badly. You started working in the morning, only to stop at nightfall. And that\u2019s how we were beaten up. We were working 12 months out of 12 and we were paid 5 shillings per month. The White man whom you worked for was the one who paid your taxes to the administrator. At that time, the Germans
\nhanged chiefs, with people sitting there watching how they kill you. No… Germans were such bad people… To call people on the way, the administrator sent soldiers. When they came to take you or your son, did you have nothing to say? What would you say? Others went and died. A lot. Just like in Israel, like those who died in the Bible. Illnesses and whipping. The Germans and the French were rowdy people, they did not want peace. People wanted to let the French come. Many people wanted the French people to come… They realised that Germans were not good people.
\nHowever, they didn\u2019t know it was death itself that they were inviting, death.\u201d
\nWhen the Elders Speak\u2026 We keep sailing from surprise to surprise. Thanks to these oral testimonies from beyond the grave, our knowledge of Cameroon colonial past regains its vitality. Each monograph comes out with its lot of information either to question what we considered as facts, or to supplement our knowledge of this hot period in our history. Dedicated exclusively to the Centre Region, this volume carries the voices of six old Betis: Mama
\nNga Ndongo Jeanne IV, Papa Ebode \u00c9mile, Papa Fouda Mathieu and three unknown informants. These witnesses to history, recorded between 1981 and 1986, gave their own version of the facts in Eton and Manguissa languages so as to keep our collective memory lively. What do they have to tell us? What is their experience? It\u2019s up to us to discover<\/p>\n
Languages : ETON\/MANGUISSA\/ENGLISH
\n\u00c9ditions AfricAvenir 2020
\nSize : 160 x 240 mm \u2013 126 pages
\nISBN: 978-9956-693-74-0
\nPublishing director: Kum\u2019a Ndumbe III<\/p>\n
Responsibility: interviews conducted by Kum’a Ndumbe III & Mr. Kede ; transcription: Hubert Nkoumou ; English translation: Jessica Nkenne Tchinda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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