2014 marks the 130th anniversary of the refusal of the ruler of Bonaberi to sign the Germano-douala Treaty.
The publication of a book AfricAvenir Exchange & Dialogue has been planned for November. The book gathers essential and authentic German colonial documents.
This will be the highlight of the celebration of 130 years of resistance by Lock Priso, head of the canton Bele Bele, King of Hickory Town, today Bonaberi. Commemorations were launched August 28, 2014 in Douala.
28 August was the date chosen because it was considered by Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III, grandson of Lock Priso, like that of the "first act of anti-colonial resistance in Cameroon".
Even if for the greatest number, the most notable of the ruler of Bele Bele, registered in history books used by Cameroonian students, he refused to sign the Germano-duala Treaty of July 12, 1884.
However, on 28 August in that year, Kum'a Mbape, wrote a letter in pidgin-english to the German consul Max Buchner in order to safeguard the sovereignty of his territory.
This information, provided during a conference given by Prince, also Pr Kum'a Ndumbe III, will be part of the book demonstrating the nature of the Germans in terms of the Germano-douala Treaty.
It will also be the issue of the bombing of Bonaberi in 1884 and also of the Act for the protection of German blood which led to segregation with 1 km of no man's land, and the creation of a neighborhood like Neu Bell, better known as New Bell.
Readers will discover the old currency of Cameroon, the kroo or kru, removed in 1894, with a value of 20 German marks.
