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Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon /

Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence is the first extensive history of Cameroonian nationalism to consider the global and local influences that shaped the movement within the French and British Cameroons and beyond. Drawing on the archives of the United Nations, France, Great Britain, Ghana, and Cam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Terretta, Meredith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2014]
Colección:New African histories series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • God, land, justice, and political sovereignty in Grassfields governance
  • "Bamileke strangers" make the Mungo River Valley their home
  • Troublesome, rebellious, outlawed : international politics and UPC nationalism in the Bamileke and Mungo regions
  • Nationalists or traitors? : Bamileke chiefs and electoral politics in the year of loi-cadre
  • The maquis at home, exile abroad : Grassfields warfare meets revolutionary Pan-Africanism
  • "Here, God does not exist" : emergency law and the violence of state building
  • Conclusion : "after the war, we stop counting the dead" : reconciliation and public confession.