Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2023 in the subject History of Europe - Colonialism, grade: Très Honorable, University of Douala (Political Science), course: Histoire des institutions et des faits sociaux du Cameroun, language: English, abstract: From 1884 to 1916, the traditional powers Duala and Bamum were subject to the influence of the German colonial administration. This was manifested in the profound restructuring of their political, economic and socio-cultural organizations. In this perspective, we went further by demonstrating that the German colonial administration has also undergone significant changes as a result of their exchanges with Sultan NJOYA and Duala chiefs. We have also being interested in this socio-political phenomenon under the theme: "The German colonial administration and the traditional powers Duala and Bamum: Analysis of Cameroon’s political history". The interest of our work demands that the degree of mutual influence between the German colonial administration and the traditional political powers Duala and Bamum be gradually shown. This work proposes to analyze the dynamics and the logics of implantation and domination that the German colonial administration had on these two traditional political entities. Moreover, this same German colonial administration had to adapt to the local realities of the traditional Duala and Bamum political powers. It is on this basis that our work was built in two parts. The first part is entitled: "The domination of the German colonial administration over the traditional political powers of Duala and Bamum" and the second part is entitled: "The relative influence of the traditional political powers of Bamum and Duala on the German colonial administration".

Scientific Essay from the year 2022 in the subject History - Africa, language: English, abstract: ​After having been confronted with the transformations induced by the German, French and then British colonization, the traditional political powers Bamoun and Duala will come up against the mutations introduced by the emergence of the Cameroonian postcolonial state. It will undertake a process of adaptation to local sociological realities such as tribe, vernacular languages, or the territoriality that will lead to divisions and fragmentation within communities in the name of the recovery of national political resources.

Scientific Essay from the year 2022 in the subject History - Africa, language: English, abstract: The German protectorate officially ended in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and it introduced the period of the French mandate in Cameroon. Like all other traditional structures, the local political authorities Bamoun and Duala will also face the undue transformations of this regime change.

Cameroon is a country endowed with a variety of climates and agricultural environments, numerous minerals, substantial forests, and a dynamic population. It is a country that should be a leader of Africa. Instead, we find a country almost paralyzed by corruption and poor management, a country with a low life expectancy and serious health problems, and a country from which the most talented and highly educated members of the population are emigrating in large numbers. Although Cameroon has made economic progress since independence, it has not been able to change the dependent nature of its economy. The economic situation combined with the dismal record of its political history, indicate that prospects for political stability, justice, and prosperity are dimmer than they have been for most of the country's independent existence. The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon has been updated to reflect advances in the study of Cameroon's history as well as to provide coverage of the years since the last edition. It relates the turbulent history of Cameroon through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Cameroon history from the earliest times to the present.