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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779383303321

Autore

Ngwane George

Titolo

The Cameroon condition [[electronic resource] /] / George Ngwane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, c2012

ISBN

9956-727-10-5

9956-727-08-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Soggetti

Cameroon Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; The Mungo Bridge; Introduction; Chapter One. National Integration; Chapter Two. National Unity; Chapter Three. National Consciousness; The Anglophone File; Chapter Four. Where The Coastal/Graffi Divide Began; Chapter Five. Why The First Attempt At Coastal/Graffi Unity Failed; Chapter Six. How the Drama of South West/North West Divide Is Being Rehearsed Today; Chapter Seven. Why We Must Build Bridges Instead Of Walls; Chapter Eight Why We Need a Two By (X) State Federation; Fragments of Unity; Chapter Nine. Our Geography

Chapter Ten. Yesterday's Heroes - The Cradle of South WestChapter Eleven. Our Task Today; Chapter Twelve. Our Common Future; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most renowned, committed and daring Anglophone Cameroon writers. ìThe Mungo Bridge,î is a stinging indictment of the tenuous relations between La Republique du Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons ñ a marriage gone sour right from the honeymoon. It raises hard questions on the failed union, and is uncompromisingly courageous in the solutions it proposes. This popular essay was first published at a time when it was risky to be open and critical, especially on what has come to be known as The Anglophone Probl