Negotiating an Anglophone identity : a study of the politics of recognition and representation in Cameroon /

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This study of the politics of the politics of belonging captures the widespread disaffection with the sterile rhetoric of nation-building that has characterized much of post-colonial African politics. Until the liberation struggles of the 1990s, dictatorship only paid lip service to democracy with i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Konings, Piet
Otros Autores: Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Colección:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 1.
Temas:
Since 1960
English language > Political aspects > Cameroon.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
English language > Political aspects
Language and languages > Political aspects
Politics and government
Cameroon > Languages > Political aspects.
Cameroon > Politics and government > 1960-
Cameroun > Langues > Aspect politique.
Cameroun > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. POLITICAL LIBERALISATION AND THE MOBILISATION OF AN ANGLOPHONE IDENTITY IN CAMEROON
  • The post-colonial nation-state project in Cameroon
  • The construction of an Anglophone identity and competing identities
  • Anglophones and the reconfiguration of state power
  • Organisation of the book and research methodology
  • 2. SOUTHERN CAMEROONS ON THE ROAD TO REUNIFICATION AND FEDERATION
  • The emergence of nationalism and reunification ideas in the Southern Cameroons
  • The 1961 United Nations plebiscite.
  • The 1961 Foumban constitutional conference
  • Conclusion
  • 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANGLOPHONE CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THE FEDERAL AND ONE-PARTY UNITARY STATE, 1961-1990
  • Anglophones and the dismantling of the federated state of West Cameroon, 1961-1972
  • Anglophones and the one-party unitary state, 1972-1990
  • Conclusion
  • 4. ANGLOPHONE STRUGGLES FOR A RETURN TO THE FEDERAL STATE OR FOR SECESSION DURING POLITICAL LIBERALISATION, 1990-2002
  • The growth of Anglophone organisations
  • Anglophone struggles for constitutional reform
  • The Anglophone diplomatic offensive.
  • The Anglophone leadership's 'sensitisation campaign'
  • Conclusion
  • 5. STRATEGIES OF THE BIYA GOVERNMENT TO DECONSTRUCT THE ANGLOPHONE IDENTITY
  • Trivialisation and demonisation of the Anglophone problem
  • Divide and rule
  • The establishment of direct and indirect control over the mass media
  • Repression
  • Conclusion
  • 6. ANGLOPHONE AND FRANCOPHONE RESPONSES TO THE VIEWS OF THE ANGLOPHONE MOVEMENTS
  • Anglophone views
  • Francophone views
  • Conclusion
  • 7. THE ANGLOPHONE STRUGGLE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC LEGACY.
  • The Anglophone struggle for the preservation of its educational legacy
  • The Anglophone struggle for the preservation of its economic legacy
  • Conclusion
  • 8. THE ANGLOPHONE PROBLEM: IMPASSE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SOLUTION
  • Impasse in relations between Anglophone movements and the regime
  • Suggestions for a solution to the Anglophone problem
  • References
  • Index
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