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Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon

Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué 2019
Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon illuminates how issues of ideal womanhood shaped the Anglophone Cameroonian nationalist movement in the first decade of independence in Cameroon, a west-central African country. Drawing upon history, political science, gender studies, and feminist epistemologies, the book examines how formally educated women sought to protect the cultural values and the self-determination of the Anglophone Cameroonian state as Francophone Cameroon prepared to dismantle the federal republic. The book defines and uses the concept of embodied nationalism to illustrate the political importance of women's everyday behavior—the clothes they wore, the foods they cooked, whether they gossiped, and their deference to their husbands. The result, in this fascinating approach, reveals that West Cameroon, which included English-speaking areas, was a progressive and autonomous nation. The author's sources include oral interviews and archival records such as women's newspaper advice columns, Cameroon's first cooking book, and the first novel published by an Anglophone Cameroonian woman.
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  • African Perspectives
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  • 978-0-472-05413-8 (paper)
  • 978-0-472-07413-6 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-472-12524-1 (ebook)
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  • Political Science:Political History
  • African-American and African Studies
  • History
  • Gender Studies:Women's Studies
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. “What the Women of a Nation Are, So Shall the Nation Be”
  • Chapter 1. Tracing the “Golden Age” of Anglophone Cameroon
  • Chapter 2. Men Must Not “Die Alone in the Task of Nation-Building”
  • Chapter 3. “God Will Be Eating Grass”
  • Chapter 4. “Beauty Contest Not Only for Free Girls”
  • Chapter 5. The Plague of “Gossips and Vindictiveness”
  • Chapter 6. “My Husband Stopped Maintaining Me So I Beat Up His Girl”
  • Chapter 7. “When Women Wear Slacks”
  • Conclusion. Takumbeng Unleashed
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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Fig. 1: Photograph of Anna Foncha receiving flowers from local women in West Cameroon, ca. 1960s.

Anna Foncha receiving flowers from local women in West Cameroon, ca. 1960s

From Introduction

Anna Foncha (to the right) receiving flowers from local women in West Cameroon, ca. 1960s. Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 2: Photograph of WCNU women leaders in Buea, 1972. (left to right) Prudencia Chilla (smiling), Gladys Endeley, Gwendoline Burnley (looking down at paperwork).

CNU women leaders in Buea, 1972

From Introduction

WCNU women leaders in Buea, 1972. (left to right) Prudencia Chilla (smiling), Gladys Endeley, Gwendoline Burnley (looking down at paperwork). Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 3: Photograph of Women in the British Southern Cameroons wearing the Kamerun National Congress cloth while rallying in support of the KNC, ca. 1950s.

Women in the British Southern Cameroons

From Chapter 1

Women in the British Southern Cameroons wearing the Kamerun National Congress cloth while rallying in support of the KNC, ca. 1950s. Image courtesy of National Archives in the United Kingdom.

Fig. 4: Photograph of A KNDP women's-wing march, early 1960s. The CWI would become the de facto KNDP women's wing by 1962.

A KNDP women’s-wing march, early 1960s

From Chapter 1

A KNDP women’s-wing march, early 1960s. The CWI would become the de facto KNDP women’s wing by 1962. Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 5: Photograph of Two women in African outfits (wrappers and head ties) in Buea, 1970, by Walter Gam Nkwi.

Two women in African outfits

From Chapter 1

Two women in African outfits (wrappers and head ties) in Buea, 1970. Image courtesy of Walter Gam Nkwi, personal photo collection.

Fig. 6: Photograph of sendoff Party for Elizabeth Muna at the uea Mountain Club, November 1961.

Send-off Party for Elizabeth Muna at the Buea Mountain Club

From Chapter 1

Send-off Party for Elizabeth Muna at the Buea Mountain Club, November 1961. Image © MINCOM Cameroon, courtesy of African Photography Initiatives.

Fig. 7: Photograph of Anna Foncha surrounded by women dancing a local West Cameroon dance.

Anna Foncha surrounded by women dancing a local Cameroon dance

From Chapter 2

Anna Foncha surrounded by women dancing a local West Cameroon dance. 1960s. Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 8: Photograph of A women's organization meeting, ca. late 1960ss–1970s.

A women’s organization meeting, ca. late 1960s–1970s

From Chapter 2

A women’s organization meeting, ca. late 1960s–1970s. Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 9: Page scan of Cameroon Times no. 40, vol. 4 (March 14, 1964), showing Anna Foncha wearing the West Cameroon women's national costume.

Anna Foncha wearing the West Cameroon women’s national costume

From Chapter 2

Anna Foncha wearing the West Cameroon women’s national costume. From Cameroon Times no. 40, vol. 4 (March 14, 1964): 3. Image courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

Fig. 10: Page scan of cover, Cameroonian cookbook in 1976.

Kate Idowu published the first (Anglophone) Cameroonian cookbook in 1976

From Chapter 3

Kate Idowu published the first (Anglophone) Cameroonian cookbook in 1976. But she compiled the recipes in December 1965, when she supervised a special domestic science course in Buea. Image courtesy of Macmillan Education.

Fig. 11: Photograph of Miss West Cameroon dance at Victoria Community Hall, 1962.

Miss West Cameroon dance at Victoria Community Hall, 1962

From Chapter 4

Miss West Cameroon dance at Victoria Community Hall, 1962. Monica Manga was 1962 Miss West Cameroon. Image © MINCOM Cameroon, courtesy of African Photography Initiatives.

Fig. 12: Poster titled The Working Housewife—For Better or For Worse

“The Working Housewife”

From Chapter 6

“The Working Housewife—For Better or For Worse.” From Cameroon Outlook 2, no. 69 (Sept. 11, 1970), 6, courtesy of National Archives of Cameroon in Buea.

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