The Cameroon War: A History of French Neocolonialism in Africa

di Thomas Deltombe (Autore)

Manuel Domergue (Autore)

Jacob Tatsitsa (Autore)

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Verso Books, 2025

According to conventional wisdom, France's empire in sub- Saharan Africa ended peacefully. But this book tells a different story. The shocking violence of a secret war roiled Cameroon in the 1950s and '60s. A mass movement for self-determination had emerged under the leadership of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), and France responded with brutal repression. As in Algeria, French forces waged a bloody counterinsurgency campaign. They eventually eradicated the opposition and installed a client dictatorship in the capital, Yaoundé. With the world focused on the Algerian bloodbath, the conflict in Cameroon received little attention at the time. Its devastating aftermath - and tens of thousands of victims - were intentionally obscured by French authorities and their local collaborators. The Cameroon War uncovers this hidden history. It illuminates a forgotten struggle for decolonisation at the origin of neocolonial rule in Francophone Africa, a story that is still unfolding today.

• Autore: Thomas Deltombe, Manuel Domergue, Jacob Tatsitsa
• Traduttore: David Broder
• Editore: Verso Books
• Collana: Verso's Southern Questions
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 192 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 140 mm
• Peso: 183 gr.
• EAN: 9781788733762

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