 Atangana 's unfailing loyalty and subservience to Germany prevented the French from ever fully trusting him . His first task under the new colonial regime was to supervise gangs of forced road @-@ construction labourers in the town of Dschang . In Atangana 's absence , the French had appointed a Beti headman named Joseph Atemengue as their local representative in Jaunde ( now known by the French spelling , Yaoundé ) . However , Atemengue never enjoyed the popularity Atangana had among the Beti . Atangana tried to secure an alliance with him by sending his 20 @-@ year @-@ old , German @-@ educated daughter , Katerina , to marry him , but she eventually fled from the much older Atemengue and back to her father . Atangana 's work performance convinced the French to let him return to Yaoundé in late 1921 or early 1922 . 
