05119nam 2200709 a 450 991097155250332120200520144314.01-282-86919-197866128691989956-578-37-19956-616-84-29956-616-92-3(CKB)2560000000053448(EBL)1135294(OCoLC)741350478(SSID)ssj0000441876(PQKBManifestationID)11290762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441876(PQKBWorkID)10406777(PQKB)11281386(OCoLC)694146169(MdBmJHUP)muse22000(Au-PeEL)EBL1135294(CaPaEBR)ebr10426380(CaONFJC)MIL286919(PPN)187343268(Perlego)541520(FRCYB88825063)88825063(FR-PaCSA)88825063(MiAaPQ)EBC1135294(EXLCZ)99256000000005344820101130d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRoad companion to democracy and meritocracy (further essays from an African perspective) /Godfrey B. TangwaMankon, Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa Research & Pub. CIG20101 online resource (264 p.)"This book is a follow-up to my Democracy and meritocracy : philosophical essays and talks from an African perspective (Galda + Wilch Verlag, Glienicke-Berlin, 1996)"--P. xiii.9956-616-70-2 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content; Dedication; Acknowledgement; Preface; Part One; 1. Democracy and Development in Africa: Putting the Horse before the Cart; 2. The Medium and Long Term Lessons of the Lake Nyos Natural Disaster; 3. X For All by the Year 2000; 4. Letter to the Dean; 5. Fonlon's Socratic Life: Its Relevance to our Political Culture and Contemporary Situation; 6. The Sasse Motto Fide Quaerens Intellectum; 7. The Plight of the Ex-seminarian and Ex-religious in Modern Cameroon; 8. Bernard Fonlon Evening Monday 19th November 1990; 9. Fale Wache, Lament of a Mother10. On The Television Programme "The Debate"11. Is There Really an Anglophone Problem in Cameroon?; 12. The Beginning of the End; 13. Our Book of Revelations; 14. Cameroonians are Unshockable; 15. From Unshockability to Exaggerated Credulity; 16. For the Attention of my Students; 17. Revelations Chapter 3; 18. Our Mungo Bridges; Part Two. In the Spirit of GOBATA; 1. The Stuff Mandela is Made of; 2. Of Prof Ngwafor's Practical Jealousy and Ambition's Sterner Stuff; 3. Struggling Non-violently: The Case of the SCNC; 4. Western Democracies and African Dictatorships5. Western Democracies and African Dictatorships6. Tenth Anniversary of a Horrible Year; 7. Where we Should Be Heading; 8. In the Spirit of a Zealous Disciple; 9. A Rich Harvest of Peters by Paul; 10. The Collapse of the French Empire in Africa; 11. Between Mvondo and Mvodo; The Emergence of Victor Ayissi; 12. Corruption Fights Cameroon; 13. Rumours of Dangerous Manoeuvres and Machinations; 14. Politics of Back Scratching; 15. For the Attention of All Potential Ethnic Cleansers; 16. Independent Electoral Commission, an Absolute Necessity; 17. How to Demystify John Fru Ndi18. If You Saw The Shah Escaping...19. On Behalf of a College Room-mate; 20. Mixed Signals of the Emerging Shape of Things; 21. Address to the Youth; 22. Registering on the Electoral List; 23. In Provisional Praise of Paul Biya; 24. Constitutional Council: Why we Are Worried; 25. For Every Mobutu a Kabila; 26. Killing an Innocent Person Can Never Be Justified; 27. On the Threshold of a Democratic Breakthrough; 28. Yielding Place to a New Order; 29. Mola Njoh Litumbe's Concept of Home; 30. As a Participant Observer; 31. Waiting for Kabila; 32. Kleptocracy and Mendacity as Identification Marks33. Non Dimittis, Domine33Non Dimittis, DomineEach of the essays in this book is marked by a certain simplicity and clarity, a seriousness tinged with humour, masking a profundity that are unmistakably characteristic of Godfrey B. Tangwa alias Rodcod Gobata, one of the leading critical minds amongst Cameroonians. The essays are centred on the theme of democracy and meritocracy which the author believes to be the pre-conditions for genuine development in Africa. The immediate focus of these essays is Cameroon, a country remarkable for experimenting with French/English bilingualism and for having a political dictatorship which claims, wrongDemocracyAfricaAfricaPolitics and governmentPhilosophyAfricaCivilizationDemocracy321.8Tangwa Godfrey B895389MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971552503321Road companion to democracy and meritocracy2703018UNINA