Road companion to democracy and meritocracy : (further essays from an African perspective) / Godfrey B. Tangwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tangwa, Godfrey B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Africa.

Democracy.

Africa--Politics and government--Philosophy.

Africa.

Africa--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Each 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, wrong

Contents:

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 Mother

10. 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 Dictatorships

5. 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 Ndi

18. 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 Marks

33. Non Dimittis, Domine33Non Dimittis, Domine

Notes:

"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.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-86919-1

9786612869198

9956-578-37-1

9956-616-84-2

9956-616-92-3

OCLC:

741350478