Editing Kwe people (section)

===German administration===
Germany signed a protectorate agreement with the douala in today Cameroons in 1884. In 1891, the Gbea Bakweri clan rose up in support of their traditional justice system when the Germans forbade them to use a [[trial by ordeal]] involving poison to determine whether a recent Christian convert was in fact a witch. This revolt was squelched with the razing of [[Buea]] in December 1894 and the death of Chief [[Kuv'a Likenye]].

The Germans initially ruled from [[Douala]], which they called Kamerunstadt, but they moved their capital to the Bakweri settlement of [[Buea]] in 1901. The colonials' primary activity was the establishment of banana [[plantation]]s in the fertile Mount Cameroon region. The Bakweri were impressed to work them, but their recalcitrance and small population led the colonials to encourage peoples from further inland, such as the [[Bamileke]], to move to the coast. In addition, constant shipping traffic along the coast allowed individuals to move from one plantation or town to another in search of work.