{"id":12509,"date":"2023-03-08T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/?post_type=mec-events&p=12509"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:46:09","slug":"project-free-trade-in-pre-colonial-cameroon-historical-perspectives-from-traditional-leaders-and-elders","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/staging\/event\/project-free-trade-in-pre-colonial-cameroon-historical-perspectives-from-traditional-leaders-and-elders\/","title":{"rendered":"Currency in Commercial Exchanges in Pre-colonial Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currency in Commercial Exchanges in Pre-colonial Cameroon <\/strong><\/p>\n

March 20, 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (GMT+1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Online \u2013 Zoom (<\/em>Register Here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Context<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The currency is considered a fundamental instrument in trade. Communities involved in trade in pre-colonial Cameroon had sophisticated systems in place to facilitate trade with either their neighbors or with Europeans. Beyond the bartering of goods, exchanges were carried out utilizing money among the peoples of the western highlands, in the Sudanian zones, and on the coast. To illustrate the density of this trade on the Cameroonian coast, Kum’a Ndumbe estimates that there were about 57 British companies from Liverpool, Bristol, etc., 26 German companies from Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen, etc., and a few French and Belgian companies in the Sanaga-Ngoko region. In these multiple exchanges between Cameroonians and Europeans on the coast, the currency of exchange was the Kroo<\/em>. In the hinterland, exchanges were made with the “nbom<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

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    1. Objective <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The main objective of this webinar is to examine the role and place of money in trade exchange in pre-colonial Cameroon.<\/p>\n

      Specifically, it will :<\/p>\n