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The First World War that broke out in August 1914 produced categories of rippling effects in different war theatres around the globe, especially Cameroon which was a German strategic Protectorate. The extension of the war to Cameroon by the combined Anglo-French contingent in many respects besides its upsetting toll on lives and property engendered a…

For most parts of British rule in the Southern Cameroons and a decade into the existence of theWest Cameroon state of the Cameroon Federation, many reflections were brought on board to enhance thelevel of economic development of the territory. This became the crux behind the creation of the SouthernCameroons Development Agency (S.C.D.A) which was transformed…

Toppling from an economic growth rate of 7 percent per annum in the 1970s, Cameroon slumpedinto an entrenched economic crisis in the mid-1980s which triggered negative growth. The paper upholds thatthe economic policies and structures that were put in place since independence in 1960 to the onset of theeconomic crisis in the late 1980s, to…

Financing the indigenous economy has always been one of the main preoccupations of the formation and functioning of Micro-Finance Institutions (MFI) like credit unions. This is more so because of the difficulties of weak income earners in gaining access to funding from mainline commercial banks. This was the underpinnings of the introduction of credit unions…

The arrival of the cattle Fulani in the Bamenda Grasslands of Cameroon in the first half of the twentieth century coupled with the systematic increase in herd sizes and attempt to modernize cattle breeding against an increasing human population brought tremendous pressure to bear on land resources. This paper examines the Esu-Elba ranch clash in…

Material relics like beads, cowries, iron brass, Dane guns, tie-dyed garments in some households and families in the Bamenda Grasslands today bear proof of a period of specialized professional trade. In the same vein, repeated and consistent narratives of travels and contact experiences by some commercial retirees, especially with centers like Nkongsamba and Douala in…

n 1916 the British took over part of former German Kamerun after the capitulation of the Germans to the joint Anglo-French contingent at the end of the First World War in Cameroon. The defeat of the Germans gave the British political control over their sphere of the territory but left an unclear scenario as far…

The British take over of part of German Kamerun after negotiationswith the French at the end of the First World War in 1916 gave them latitude to freely run commercial irms in the territory. This article examines the activities of the irms and assesses the extent to which they responded to the critical demands of…

In the Bamenda Grasslands during the Pre-colonial and Colonial Periods, trade, especially long distance exchange, stood as a central activity that wired communities in the region. The anticipated gains and the general lure of the activity attracted several persons from different ethnic groups. The presence of many actors and the mobility it engendered, made conditions…