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Southern West Cameroon revisited. Volume 2, North-South West nexus 1858-1972 /

This book argues that Southern Cameroons up to the late 1960s had extensively developed an evolved mature, political culture. It was amazingly led by a range of: simple, visionary, austere, honest, peace-loving and realistic leaders, almost without exception; vintage products of their epoch. Disting...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ndi, Anthony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North West Region, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, [2014]
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505 0 |a Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Independence and reunification : an analysis of basic issues -- Grassland, forest and coast -- North and south west : factors in reunification -- Southern Cameroons : political maturity -- President Ahidjo : alpha and omega -- Postscript -- Historiography -- Epilogue -- Appendices (I-VI) -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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