Those Bakoko… Really! When the Elders Speak…

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Those Bakoko… Really! Testimonies of old Bakoko patriarchs on colonisation.

When the Elders Speak…

Essobe Clotaire discloses: “Germanclergy came as advisers: they used to give advice and were not aggressive. Suddenly, they started distributing weapons. They gave them to us, as they claimed, so that we could have upper hand on those we would meet in the hinterland. We used to bring back to them everything they wanted, including slaves. […]”

Author:                             Kum’a Ndumbe III
Languages:                      Bakoko, English