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They appealed to their home government to annex Cameroon.
They provided financial assistance to assist annex Cameroon
They mounted pressure on the local chiefs to write letters requesting annexation.
They provided gifts and bribes to induce the local rulers into accepting annexation.
They held meetings with the local chiefs on the issue of annexation.
They signed trade treaties with the local chiefs.
The German traders framed the terms of annexation.
The German traders signed the treaty of annexation with the local rulers.
The German acted like messengers on their own government. Eg: Adolf Woermann

par Claude Foumtum

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