Cameroon political story [[electronic resource] ] : memories of an authentic eye witness / / Nerius Namaso Mbile

• Autore: Mbile Nerius Namaso
• Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Politicians - Cameroon; Journalists - Cameroon; Labor union members - Cameroon
• Soggetto geografico: Cameroon Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Foreword; About the Author; Chapter One - My Early Days; At Death of Uncle Iyele; D.O. Anderson Visits Lipenja; My Father's Reaction; Another Kumba N.A. Scholarship; Those College Days; The Second World War; My Return from School; I meet Zik; Chapter Two - As Journalist with the Zik's Press; I Face D.O. Newington; Chapter Three - Trade Union Days; "Crawley Must Go"; A Desperate CDC Move; Chapter Four - I Become Assembly Man; Home Coming for an M.P; My Father's Exit; Chapter Five - The Eastern Crisis of 1953; The Cameroon Bloc ; The Crisis Shifts to LagosThe Bloc Splits - Endeley Announces Policy of "Benevolent Neutrality"; Eastern House of Assembly Dissolved; KNC versus KPP 1953 Elections; Constitutional Advance: London Conference 1953; KNC Wins 1953 Elections; 1953 Election Results (Southern Cameroons); KNC Action Group Conclude Alliance (1954); Dr. Endeley's Government - 1954; Chapter Six - Lagos Reassembled Constitutional Conference: January - February 1954 Southern Cameroons Gains; Quasi-Federal Status; Federal Elections 1954; KNDP Launched in 1955; 1957 London Conference; Senate Representation ; Chapter Seven - Elections 1957-1959 and Constitutional MattersThe 1957 Campaigns; KPP Song; We Attempt a KNDP/ KPP Government; Motomby and Mbile Returned; Ideological Conflict - KPP / KNDP; The Wind of Change; The Endeley - Galega Story; Endeley Installed Premier; Dr. E.M.L. Endeley - Premier Endeley's Government - 1958; New Ideological Battle Line; London Constitutional Conference 1958; The Southern Cameroons Delegation:; Foncha Wins the 1959 Elections; Foncha Installed Premier as Nkrumah Visits; Premier Foncha's Government - 1959; The Great Debate on Reunification; I Visit America ; As Petitioner at the United NationsThat "Famous" Letter; Chapter Eight - Plebiscite Campaign and Results; Green Box and White Box; CPNC Born; Thirteen: Thirteen; The Frambo Episode; Second Thoughts; Plebiscite Day; Results by Number of Votes in the Southern Cameroons Plebiscite; It Was Glorious to Be There; Chapter Nine - Interpretation of Plebiscite Results; Battle Shifts to the United Nations; The Last Battle at the UNO (CPNC Delegation April, 1961); Cameroonians Listened in New York - Change of Heart?; We Return Together; Bamenda Consultations June 1961 ; Chapter Ten - The Foumban Conference and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of CameroonKNDP Does It Alone During Provisional Arrangement; 1961 Elections; The Mensah Commission; More Faithful Fall; Honourable Motomby-Woleta Passes; Provisional Arrangements; Cracks in the KNDP; Premier Jua's Government 1965; Chapter Eleven - KNDP Breaks Up; Jua Heads Coalition Government; The Spirit of National Unity; Muna Becomes Prime Minister; Muna Becomes Prime Minister; A Happy Surprise; I Meet an Angry Fon; The Bafut Succession of 1969; Premier Muna's Government - 1968 ; Chapter Twelve - My Closing Days
• Sommario/riassunto: The Cameroon Political Story is a long journey through the eyes and actions of the author himself. It is a mix between Mbileís memoirs, a bit of his biography and the Cameroon political story, heavily weighted in favour of that part of the Republic formerly identified as Southern Cameroons, later West Cameroon, now South West and North West Regions. The story is told in the interest of the Cameroonian youth and scholar who have often complained of the inadequate recording by political leaders of the life and deeds of their times. It is the story of an African boy of humble village beginnings w
• Titolo autorizzato: Cameroon political story
• ISBN: 1-283-22733-9; 9786613227331; 9956-717-45-2; 9956-717-82-7; 9956-717-08-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781900003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II