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No trifling matter : contributions of an uncompromising critic to the democratic process in Cameroon /

No Trifling Matter is a collection of controversial, critical weekly commentary on the reluctance of a monolithic regime to yield to popular aspirations for democracy in Cameroon. In these essays written between 1990 and November 1992, Godfrey Tangwa, alias Rotcod Gobata, doesn't quibble. He co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tangwa, Godfrey B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011.
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  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface To The New Edition: Background To Gobata Columns And Essays; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. An Open Letter to Pa Foncha; 2. Begging the Question; 3. Mondial 90 and the Success of Success; 4. Those Billions in Foreign Banks; 5. I Doff My Hat to Mr. President; 6. The Day I Ate Fried Corn With the Cardinal; 7. What Do University Students Really Want?; 8. The Two Faces of Mongo Beti; 9. Now That the Opposition Is Really Here; 10. Is Mr. Paul Out Of Touch Or What?; 11. The Past Tense of Shit; 12. The Questions Eric Did Not or Could Not Ask.
  • 13. Mitterrand Must Be a Mediocre Teacher14. Tribalism; 15. The Foxes of Loo; 16. Jean Zoa's Conceptual Problems; 17. The New Universities; 18. Memo to the Endeley Comission; 19. Where We Went Wrong; 20. Gobata on Gobata; 21. From ""La Democratie"" to Democracy; 22. Nigeria-Cameroon: No Problem?; 23. Anti-Democracy Fails in Russia, Succeeds in Cameroon; 24. To Hell with Culture; 25. What Will He Say at Limbe and Bamenda; 26. Me Voici A Douala; 27. A Basket Full Of ... Promises; 28. The Does of Africa; 29. The Exorcist; 30. Beyond Elitism (Including a Reply to Tande Dibussi).
  • 31. Professor Obenson Was Right; 32. From the Fruits We Shall Know; 33. Democracy, Kakistocracy and Meritocracy; 34. The Pre-Conditions of Meritocracy; 35. Meritocracy Continued; 36. The Panel Beaters of the Biya Regime; 37. Blueprint for University Studies; 38. Blueprint for University Studies (2); 39. Biya Plays His Last Joker; 40. Our Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born; 41. Basically a Fraudulent Victory; 42. Shall They Make or Mar?; 43. Two Types of Cameroonians; 44. The Missing Links in Nfor Gwei's Programmes; 45. The Anglophone Problem; 46. A Ceremonial P.M. As We Totter Along.
  • 47. This Celebration Mania8. We Will Dedicate a Toilet to His Memory; 49. Misconceptions of Federalism; 50. CAMBANK Is Still Owing Me; 51. Albert Mukong, Federalism and the SDF; 52. Solomon Nfor Gwei's Tribulations; 53. Wanyetoh Resurfaces; 54. Mbella Was Right and Wrong; 55. Cherchez Le Mot (For My Censors); 56. From Extreme to Extreme; 57. A Tale of Three Parliamentarians; 58. Of the General Born on Banana Leaves 55 Years Ago; 59. Meditation on Death; 60. Keeping Yaounde Clean; 61. Matters Arising From the CELLUCAM Affair.
  • 62. Government by Trial and Error, Bribery, Corruption and Manipulation63. Critical Moment of Decision; 64. How the Opposition Can Proceed; 65. Very Fraudulent Procedures; 66. Ben Muna's Aborttive Bid; 67. The Comedians on Our Political Stage; 68. As the Countdown to Zero Hour Begins; 69. God Has Not Yet Cast His Own Vote; 70. Under the Magnetic Spell of the Bookseller; 71. Let's All Avoid Mass Hysteria and Do It Again; 72. Remember Nelson; 73. There Can Never Be Peace without Justice; 74. What of Our So-Called Human Rights Commission?; 75. The Pre-Conditions of Reconciliatory Dialogue.