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UNINA9910825014703321 |
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Autore |
Manyong Peterkins |
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Titolo |
God the politician / / Peterkins Manyong |
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Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2008 |
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1-283-19797-9 |
9956-715-66-2 |
9786613197979 |
9956-715-78-6 |
9956-615-76-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political corruption - Cameroon |
Cameroon Politics and government 1982- |
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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; Introduction; 1. Birth of a Political Messiah; 2. Unwise Men From The East; 3. Murdering The 'Insurgents'; 4. The Ndu Genocide; 5. Electors and Cheaters; 6. Sacrificial Lambs and Wolves; 7. Particulars of a State of Emergency; 8. Patriots and Gangsters; 9. Recollections of a Faked Coup Plot; 10. Constructional Acrobats & the Anglophone Problem; 11. Home-Bred Terrorists; 12. State Persecutors; 13. Released Terror Suspects Narrate Harrowing Tales; 14. Electoral Gymnastics & the Military Option; 15. Tribute To Machiavelli; 16. The Law of Karma |
17. The Cardinal, Politicians & State Terror18. Spiritual Democracy; 19. Power and the Man; 20. Bloody Universities; 21. Hunter Hunted; 22. The Phenomenon Called Baba Danpullo; 23. A Magician at the Presidency; 24. The Role of the Church in Cameroon Politics; 25. Postscript; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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God the Politician is a compelling analytical, critical, informed and largely eyewitness account of the major events that have taken place in Cameroon since the return of multiparty politics in the 1990's. The accession of Paul Biya to power under the one-party regime in 1982 and the attempt to overthrow him in a coup d'tat in 1984 are told in |
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