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Douala

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Douala , city (1991 est. pop. 1,604,500), Cameroon, on the Wuori River estuary. Cameroon's largest city and major port, it is a commercial and transportation center handling most of the country's exports (chiefly cocoa and coffee) as well as transit trade from Chad. Douala developed as a center of the slave trade after the Portuguese arrived in 1472. It later became part of a German protectorate (1884) and of the French Cameroons (1919). Author not available, DOUALA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Douala
Douala Chief port of Cameroon, on the Bight of Biafra, w Africa. As Kamerunstadt, it was capital of the German Kamerun Protectorate (1885–1901), became Douala (1907), and was capital of French Cameroon (1940–46). Industries: ship repairing, textiles and palm oil. Pop. (2002... Read more

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	FAREWELL TO DOUALA ; Before accepting a position at Douala, I had filled five pages with these lines...criticized my "foolish decision" to move to Douala. I didn't reply to her until I had settled...Atlantic, next to the Gulf of Guinea. Douala is a tiny red mark on the map, like Saigon... Read more
	Boro close to Douala deal.(Sport Boro) ; ...signing Sporting Lisbon star Rodolphe Douala. The Cameroon international really caught...have been satisfactorily completed. Now Douala is likely to travel to Boro's Rockliffe...terms - possibly as early as this weekend. Douala, an international team-mate of Joseph... Read more
	History, the Nation-State, and Alternative Narratives: An Example from Colonial Douala ; ...community-building in the immigrant quarter of New Bell, Douala, during the interwar years. Historians of Douala have overlooked the history of New Bell, focusing...communautaire dans le quartier immigrant de New Bell Douala, pendant les annes d'entre guerres. Les historiens... Read more
	Douala denies Strachan victory at first attempt ; ...McGeady (28), Hartson (41) Sporting 2 Douala (13, 90) CELTIC were forced to settle...goal from Cameroon international striker Douala gave Sporting Lisbon a well-merited share...recovered from the loss of an early goal from Douala for the UEFA Cup runners-up to lead at... Read more
	Boro seek more talks with Douala ; ...hope to hold urgent talks with Rudolph Douala's representatives later today after the...to Teesside. Boro had hoped to include Douala in their squad for Saturday's trip to...expected to hold face-to-face talks with Douala this morning. But, instead, the Teessiders... Read more
	Douala is keen on Boro move ; ...signature of versatile winger Rudolph Douala before the Premiership opener with Liverpool...broker a deal. Boro have been encouraged by Douala's claims that he is attracted by the prospect...counting on me for the season, " said Douala, who could be joined on Teesside by Sporting... Read more
	Boro hope Douala will follow Yakubu stance ; ...Sporting Lisbon's flying winger Rudolph Douala in the January transfer window. All indications are that Douala will be named in Cameroon's African Nations...regardless of his international commitments. Douala has been on McClaren's wanted list since... Read more
	Newcastle closing in on [pounds sterling]6m Boa Morte but Boro bag Douala. ; ...with a last-ditch bid to snatch Roudolphe Douala from under the noses of neighbours Middlesbrough...launched an ambitious deal to take winger Douala from their UEFA Cup conquerors Sporting...targets, told the pair he did not want Douala, who impressed Boro manager Steve McClaren... Read more
	Douala deal is a step closer.(Sport Boro) ; ...of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Rodolphe Douala over the next 48 hours. The clubs are...believed to be worth almost pounds 6m, and Douala will soon be given permission to travel...could select him for a Premiership squad. Douala is match fit, having played regularly... Read more
	Football Spy: Clubs in duel for Douala.(Sport) ; ...over pounds 3m-rated Sporting Lisbon winger Rodolph Douala. Douala, 26, is said to be faster than Thierry Henry and his...counter-part at White Hart Lane, Martin Jol. Cameroonian Douala (above) scored 12 goals last season and a source said... Read more

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	Bernard Pirot, Enfants des rues d'Afrique centrale. Douala et Kinshasa. De l'analyse a l'action.(Book review)
	New London--Douala service begins: African Business editor Anver Versi was invited to visit Cameroon by a new airline, owned by Africans, operating from London to Douala. Here is his report.(AVIATION)
	Commercial transactions and cultural interactions from the Delta to Douala and beyond.

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