7 - Camwood (Pterocarpus Tinctorius) in the Political Economy of the Cross and Manyu Rivers Basin of Cameroon and Some Hinterland Communities, 1916-1961
Corresponding Author(s) : Henry Kam Kah
Afrika Zamani,
No. 18-19 (2011): Afrika Zamani: An Annual Journal of African History
Abstract
Camwood exploitation and use played an important role in the political economy of the Cross and Manyu river basin of Cameroon and Nigeria including some hinterland communities throughout the era of British administration which spanned from 1916-1961. The British occasionally intervened to end its unrestricted exploitation and regulated its commercialisation for the local and external market. In spite of their laborious effort in this direction, Camwood exploitation continued for various internal and external uses.
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- Afigbo, A.E., E.A. Ayandele, R.J. Gavin, J.D. Omer-Cooper and R. Palmer, 1986, The Making of Modern Africa Volume 2: The Twentieth Century, Essex: Longman.
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Afigbo, A.E., E.A. Ayandele, R.J. Gavin, J.D. Omer-Cooper and R. Palmer, 1986, The Making of Modern Africa Volume 2: The Twentieth Century, Essex: Longman.
Ajayi, J.F. A. and I. Espie (eds.), 1968, A Thousand Years of West African History, Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.
Aka, E. A., 2002, The British Southern Cameroons 1922-1961. A Study in Colonialism and Underdevelopment, Madison: Nkemji Global Tech, Platteville.
Cameroons under United Kingdom Administration Report for the Year 1958. London: HMSO, 1959. Volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mazrui, A. A. (ed.) and Wondji (asst. ed.), 1999, General History of Africa Vol. VIII: Africa since 1935 California: University of California Press.
Ngoh, V. J., 1996, History of Cameroon since 1800, Limbe: Presbook.
Nkwi, P. N., 1987, Traditional Diplomacy: A Study of Inter-Chiefdom Relations in the Western Grassfields North West Province of Cameroon, University of Yaounde, Department of Sociology.
Oliver, R. and A. Atmore, 1994, Africa Since 1800, Fourth Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rowlands, M.J., 1979, Local and Long Distance Trade and Incipient State Formation on the Bamenda Plateau in the Late 19th Century, Paideuma, Vol. 25, pp. 1-19.
Shillington, K., 1995, History of Africa, Revised Edition, London: Macmillan.