God of Independence, God of Peace’
Village Politics and Nationalism in the Maquis of Cameroon, 1957–71
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8977260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Terretta (Le Moyne College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-101 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853704000374 |
| OpenAlex | W2135601918 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The story of freedom fighter Jean Djonteu provides a new approach to the history of Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) nationalism in the Grassfields and Mungo regions of Cameroon. Within the context of Baham, his village of origin, Djonteu's actions and tracts reveal his politico-spiritual reasons for joining the UPC militia in its revolutionary fight against Franco-Cameroonian state administration. UPC nationalism and village political culture formed a hybrid of political ideologies, or a ‘village nationalism’ articulating UPC anti-colonialism with Grassfields political concepts of nation and sovereignty that pre-dated European occupation. As this articulation disintegrated, Grassfields populations disengaged from state politics and turned inwards towards village political culture and spirituality rekindled by popular involvement in the UPC nationalist movement
Ancient history · Archaeology · Articulation (sociology · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Ethnology · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Geopolitics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |