From Cameroon to Germany and Back via Moscow and Paris
The Political Career of Joseph Bilé (1892—1959), Performer, “Negerarbeiter” and Comintern Activist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10075670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robbie Aitken (0000-0002-3332-3063, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 597-616 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009408095417 |
| OpenAlex | W2050221031 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In Berlin on 17 September 1929, seven men from Douala, Cameroon, formed the political group the Liga zur Verteidigung der Negerrasse (LzVN).1 The creation of the LzVN was part of a history of anti-colonial protest amongst Africans living in Germany which had developed out of personal experiences of actual German colonialism as well as the lived experience of the metropole.2 The metropolitan setting, where many of these African men were educated and spent much of their adolescence and adult life, provided an arena for their politicization. It functioned as a 'contact zone' which brought together Africans from the former German colonies, primarily Cameroon and Togo, with other colonized people and those of African descent from further afield, such as Haiti and the United States.3 Alliances developed out of a conviction of
Colonialism · Conviction · Economic history · German · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |