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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796737403321

Titolo

Post-colonial Cameroon : politics, economy, and society / / edited by Joseph Takougang and Julius A. Amin ; foreword by John M. Mbaku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

ISBN

1-4985-6464-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 pages)

Disciplina

967.1104

Soggetti

Cameroon Politics and government 1960-

Cameroon Social conditions 1960-

Cameroon Economic conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / John M. Mbaku -- Introduction: fifty-eight years of independence and counting / Joseph Takougang and Julius A. Amin -- ; Section 1: Politics -- The state, politics, and the struggle for democracy in Cameroon / Moses K. Tesi -- The roots of stability and instability in Cameroon / Augustine E. Ayuk -- The right to self-determination in the African Charter: a critique of the African Commission's jurisprudence in Kevin Gumne et al. v. Cameroun / Carlson Anyangwe -- Resistance and the nationalist pathos: southern Cameroon's exiles write back / Fonkem Achankeng I -- ; Section2: Economy -- The demise of the coffee industry in the north west region of Cameroon / Emmanuel E. Kengo -- What has changed? A historical appraisal of legal and institutional frameworks for environmental management in Cameroon / Lotsmart Fonjong -- ; Section 3: Society and culture -- Changes in female roles in Cameroon: towards the end of "social juniors?" / Honore Mimche, Achille Pinghane Yonta, and Nobert Lengha Tohnain -- Representations of the figure of femininity among the Bamileke, Bassa, and Duala cultures of Cameroon / Jeannette Wogaing, Rose Mireille Nnanga, and Rose Angeline Abissi -- Dynamics of religious modernity in Cameroonian cities / Honore Mimche and Christian Bios Nelem -- The "Cameroonization" of education: a decolonial analysis of content and language issues, 1960-2015 / Roland N. Ndille -- ; Section 4: International relations -- Cameroon's



foreign policy and inter-African relations in the post-Ahidjo era / Peter A. Ngwafu -- Cameroon and China: the paradox of Beijing's "win-win-gain" pronouncements / Julius A. Amin -- Foreign volunteer organizations in Cameroon: the case of the United States Peace Corps / Julius A. Amin -- ; Section 5: Migration -- Cameroonians on the move: searching for promised lands / Joseph Takougang -- The concept of homeland: the choice of burial place for Cameroonian immigrants in America / Zacharia N. Nchinda -- Return youth migrants in Cameroon: understanding the other side of bushfalling, 1990-2015 / Walter Gam Nkwi -- Conclusion: the endless protest / Julius A. Amin and Joseph Takougang.