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Each of the essays in this book is marked by a certain simplicity and clarity, a seriousness tinged with humour, masking a profundity that are unmistakably characteristic of Godfrey B. Tangwa alias Rodcod Gobata, one of the leading critical minds amongst Cameroonians. The essays are centred on the t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tangwa, Godfrey B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda : [East Lansing?] : Langaa ; Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Since 1982
Democracy > Africa.
Democratization > Cameroon.
Democratization > Africa.
Démocratisation > Cameroun.
Démocratisation > Afrique.
African history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Civilization
Democracy
Democratization
Politics and government
Africa > Politics and government > Philosophy.
Africa > Civilization.
Cameroon > Politics and government > 1982- > Philosophy.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement > Philosophie.
Cameroun > Politique et gouvernement > 1982- > Philosophie.
Africa
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content; Dedication; Acknowledgement; Preface; Part One; 1. Democracy and Development in Africa: Putting the Horse before the Cart; 2. The Medium and Long Term Lessons of the Lake Nyos Natural Disaster; 3. X For All by the Year 2000; 4. Letter to the Dean; 5. Fonlon's Socratic Life: Its Relevance to our Political Culture and Contemporary Situation; 6. The Sasse Motto Fide Quaerens Intellectum; 7. The Plight of the Ex-seminarian and Ex-religious in Modern Cameroon; 8. Bernard Fonlon Evening Monday 19th November 1990; 9. Fale Wache, Lament of a Mother
  • 10. On The Television Programme "The Debate"11. Is There Really an Anglophone Problem in Cameroon?; 12. The Beginning of the End; 13. Our Book of Revelations; 14. Cameroonians are Unshockable; 15. From Unshockability to Exaggerated Credulity; 16. For the Attention of my Students; 17. Revelations Chapter 3; 18. Our Mungo Bridges; Part Two. In the Spirit of GOBATA; 1. The Stuff Mandela is Made of; 2. Of Prof Ngwafor's Practical Jealousy and Ambition's Sterner Stuff; 3. Struggling Non-violently: The Case of the SCNC; 4. Western Democracies and African Dictatorships
  • 5. Western Democracies and African Dictatorships6. Tenth Anniversary of a Horrible Year; 7. Where we Should Be Heading; 8. In the Spirit of a Zealous Disciple; 9. A Rich Harvest of Peters by Paul; 10. The Collapse of the French Empire in Africa; 11. Between Mvondo and Mvodo; The Emergence of Victor Ayissi; 12. Corruption Fights Cameroon; 13. Rumours of Dangerous Manoeuvres and Machinations; 14. Politics of Back Scratching; 15. For the Attention of All Potential Ethnic Cleansers; 16. Independent Electoral Commission, an Absolute Necessity; 17. How to Demystify John Fru Ndi
  • 18. If You Saw The Shah Escaping...19. On Behalf of a College Room-mate; 20. Mixed Signals of the Emerging Shape of Things; 21. Address to the Youth; 22. Registering on the Electoral List; 23. In Provisional Praise of Paul Biya; 24. Constitutional Council: Why we Are Worried; 25. For Every Mobutu a Kabila; 26. Killing an Innocent Person Can Never Be Justified; 27. On the Threshold of a Democratic Breakthrough; 28. Yielding Place to a New Order; 29. Mola Njoh Litumbe's Concept of Home; 30. As a Participant Observer; 31. Waiting for Kabila; 32. Kleptocracy and Mendacity as Identification Marks

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