TY - BOOK AU - Terretta,Meredith TI - Petitioning for our rights, fighting for our nation: the history of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960 SN - 9956728055 AV - HQ1236 .T47 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Bamenda, Cameroon PB - Langaa Research & Publishing KW - Union democratique des femmes camerounaises KW - Union des populations du Cameroun KW - fast KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Cameroon KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - 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 ER -