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The Anglophone Cameroon Predicament /

"This study explores the predicament of Anglophone Cameroon - from the experiment in federation from 1961 to the political liberalisation struggles of the 1990s - to challenge claims of a successful post-independence Cameroonian integration process. Focusing on the perceptions and actions of pe...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Atanga, Mufor
Collectivité auteur: Project Muse
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Rpcig, 2011
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo

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