附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. POLITICAL LIBERALISATION AND THE MOBILISATION OF AN ANGLOPHONE IDENTITY IN CAMEROON -- The post-colonial nation-state project in Cameroon -- The construction of an Anglophone identity and competing identities -- Anglophones and the reconfiguration of state power -- Organisation of the book and research methodology -- 2. SOUTHERN CAMEROONS ON THE ROAD TO REUNIFICATION AND FEDERATION -- The emergence of nationalism and reunification ideas in the Southern Cameroons -- The 1961 United Nations plebiscite.
The 1961 Foumban constitutional conference -- Conclusion -- 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANGLOPHONE CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THE FEDERAL AND ONE-PARTY UNITARY STATE, 1961-1990 -- Anglophones and the dismantling of the federated state of West Cameroon, 1961-1972 -- Anglophones and the one-party unitary state, 1972-1990 -- Conclusion -- 4. ANGLOPHONE STRUGGLES FOR A RETURN TO THE FEDERAL STATE OR FOR SECESSION DURING POLITICAL LIBERALISATION, 1990-2002 -- The growth of Anglophone organisations -- Anglophone struggles for constitutional reform -- The Anglophone diplomatic offensive.
The Anglophone leadership's 'sensitisation campaign' -- Conclusion -- 5. STRATEGIES OF THE BIYA GOVERNMENT TO DECONSTRUCT THE ANGLOPHONE IDENTITY -- Trivialisation and demonisation of the Anglophone problem -- Divide and rule -- The establishment of direct and indirect control over the mass media -- Repression -- Conclusion -- 6. ANGLOPHONE AND FRANCOPHONE RESPONSES TO THE VIEWS OF THE ANGLOPHONE MOVEMENTS -- Anglophone views -- Francophone views -- Conclusion -- 7. THE ANGLOPHONE STRUGGLE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC LEGACY.
The Anglophone struggle for the preservation of its educational legacy -- The Anglophone struggle for the preservation of its economic legacy -- Conclusion -- 8. THE ANGLOPHONE PROBLEM: IMPASSE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SOLUTION -- Impasse in relations between Anglophone movements and the regime -- Suggestions for a solution to the Anglophone problem -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
摘要:This study of the politics of the politics of belonging captures the widespread disaffection with the sterile rhetoric of nation-building that has characterized much of post-colonial African politics. Until the liberation struggles of the 1990s, dictatorship only paid lip service to democracy with impunity, often by silencing those perceived to threaten national unity. Since then, individuals and groups have reactivated claims to rights and entitlements and nowhere more so than in Cameroon. The book articulates the experiences and predicaments of the country's Anglophone community trapped in a.
