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Terretta, Meredith.

Petitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation : the history of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960 / Meredith Terretta. - Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing, 2013. - x, 157 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157).

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Cameroonian Women and the Writing of Popular Nationalism -- Ruben Um Nyobe and the Multi-Layered Origins of the UPC and UDEFEC -- UDEFEC's Political Awakening -- The Official Ban of the Nationalist Movement, and Reorganization in the Maquis -- City to Village: The Rejection of the Colonial Curse -- Conclusion : Towards a Nation of Outsiders -- Bibliography.

ISBN: 9956728055 9789956728053

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Union democratique des femmes camerounaises.
Union des populations du Cameroun.
Union democratique des femmes camerounaises.
Union des populations du Cameroun.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Political activity--Cameroon.
Politics and government
Women--Political activity.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cameroon--Politics and government--20th century.
Cameroon.

LC Class. No.: HQ1236 / .T47 2013