{"id":12404,"date":"2021-02-28T22:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T21:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detlev.von.graeve.org\/?p=12404"},"modified":"2022-02-15T23:27:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T22:27:54","slug":"my-special-duala-war-canoe-model-2-3-acquisition-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/detlev.von.graeve.org\/?p=12404","title":{"rendered":"My Special Duala War Canoe Model – (E 1.2)+(1.3) Acquisition etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

For wider distribution,\u00a0 parts (2) and (3) of my first attempt a year ago are now available in English.<\/span> I’m currently working on a sequel with additional sources and a slightly different perspective, but the earlier texts retain their introductory value.<\/span> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

v.Graeve February 26, 2021<\/span><\/span> <\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

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In the original versions, a short history of the Douala in Cameroon – in <\/span><\/span>the original German version <\/span><\/span>LINK <\/a><\/span><\/span> and the French version <\/span><\/span>LINK <\/a><\/span><\/span> – touches as part (1) on very different aspects: the natural conditions, the geopolitical situation since 1500, the economy of the Doula, the status of slaves, the history of<\/span> colonization on the banks of the Wouri, the role of white merchants, missionaries and representatives of the colonial power since 1884, the consequences of Christianization and the post-colonial situation.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>I try to maintain the equidistance of the historian without getting involved in the conflict of ideological parties.<\/span> <\/span><\/h4>\n

MY FIRST IMPRESSION<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n
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The one-meter-long boat miniature, you see in front of a white wall on a long trip to an unknown destination, is really complex,<\/span> a two-part composition made up of many wooden pieces,\u00a0 and it is about a hundred years old.<\/span> The rear half represents a canoe (pirogue) – indispensable means of transport in the Wouri delta –\u00a0 the front half recalls an ornamental beak attached to it during war, trade, and festive boat races<\/span>. But in this miniature it is extremely enlarged and \u201dbaroque“ in its symbolism.<\/span> I am looking everywhere for a similar model, so far without success.*<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n