Chamber of Commerce (Douala)
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| General information | |
| Type | Chamber of commerce |
| Architectural style | Art nouveau tardif architectural style. |
| Town or city | Douala |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Coordinates | 4°02′41″N 9°41′10″E / 4.04459°N 9.68624°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Client | The French government |
The Chamber of Commerce situated in Douala, Cameroon is a building constructed between 1927 and 1928 under the French mandate, under the umbrella of the League of Nations. This building has art nouveau tardif architectural style.
History
The Chamber of Commerce was built between 1927 and 1928, and was meant to host the Chamber of Commerce. It’s one of the first architectural testimonies of the beginning French era, within the framework of the Mandate, under the umbrella of the League of Nations, after Germany was defeated in September 1918.
Created in 1921, before the Conference and the treaty of Versailles, the Chamber of Commerce is merely an advisory body. Its mission was to give account of the resources dedicated to development, and also to fix the market prices lists for the farmers. The fifteen members of the Chamber were chosen by the Commissioner of the Republic, and appointed for two years through an arrêté. Among them were two natives: a farmer and a trader, a kind of social innovation within this very context of racial segregation.
At the entrance of the edifice, the commemorative plate recalls General de Gaulle’s journey in 1940: he stood there to appeal for demonstrations against the local Vichy forces, in the name of the France Libre. De Gaulle came back in Douala (1941) to pay tribute to the Cameroonian conscripts and their contribution to the allied war effort. He also took this opportunity to forecast the Brazzaville Conference, which paved the way towards the reform of the hated indigenous code. Nowhere is mentioned the compulsory enrolment of natives. Yet, it was the first of some pages still to come ahead: the contribution of African natives to the victorious saga of the legendary French 2nd armoured division headed by Leclerc, throughout Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and ultimately freeing France from the Nazi army.[1]
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- ↑ Chamber of Commerce in Douala Ville d'art et d'histoire, doual'art, Douala, 2006.
Further reading
- Jonas Houvounsadi, Marc Pabois (2011). Douala, capitale économique: l'architecture. Lyon: Lieux Dits; [Douala]: Communauté urbaine de Douala. ISBN 9782362190070 Search this book on
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