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UNINA9910808667903321 |
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Autore |
Akombi Sammy Oke |
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Titolo |
Wages of corruption / / Sammy Oke Akombi |
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Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research and Pub. CIG, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-19870-3 |
9956-717-73-8 |
9786613198709 |
9956-717-85-1 |
9956-615-36-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (130 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Political corruption - Africa |
Corruption - Africa |
Cameroon Fiction |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; The Politician; The Sacrificed Lunch Pack; Another Murder in the Cathedral; My Command at a Lamidat; The Barren Womb; Doctor Kalawa; My Money; Pastor Aduma's Concubine; The Wound of Justice; Brown Kaloka the Coxcomb; The Phoney Phone Call; Tension on an Arrival; Back cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Corruption is endemic in Cameroon. Twice, Transparency International have accorded the country the infamous first place in corruption. As one of many concerned Cameroonians, Sammy Oke Akombi was moved and they realized that something was in fact wrong somewhere and something had to be done somehow. This collection of short stories is his contribution to the collective resolve by concerned Cameroonians to wage a war against this most unusual friend of fairness. The stories seek to elicit awareness about a social ill that is ironically championed by the very politicians, functionaries, educator, |
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