Voicing African Voices

Author

Meredith Terretta

Meredith Terretta earned her PhD in African history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. She teaches history at the University of Ottawa and specializes in themes of African nationalisms, decolonization, post-colonialism, and human rights.

Central Africa Gender & Women's Studies History Social Sciences

Petitioning for our Rights, Fighting for our Nation

by Meredith Terretta

The History of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960 Thousands of Cameroonian women played an essential role in the radically anti-colonial nationalist movement…

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