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Name: Bonanjo

Type: Polity

Start: 1793 AD

End: 1900 AD

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Was a precolonial polity in Cameroon.

Establishment


  • January 1793: In 1792, the territory of Bonanjo (Douala) was founded by King Akwa II of the Duala people. This area later became a key trading hub along the West African coast, attracting European merchants and settlers.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1795: Bonebela founded in modern-day Deido Douala, Cameroon.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1901: Inglobated into German Kamerun. By the end of the XIX century the whole of Cameroon was conquered by Germany (however, the egular indigenous revolts continued).
  • Selected Sources


  • Konrad, S. (2008): Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte, Munich (Germany), p. 30
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