Voicing the voiceless : contributions to closing gaps in Cameroon history, 1958-2009 / Walter Gam Nkwi.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Nkwi, Walter Gam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History.
• Cameroon--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 189 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa, 2010.

Summary:

The history of the subalterns, also known as the history of the voiceless, took currency in the early 1980s in South East Asia and has been dominated by scholars from that region.Despite its popularity, the history of the voiceless has not gained the attention it deserves in Cameroon historiography.

Contents:

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Content
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter One. Introduction
• Chapter Two. The Anlu Factor and the 1959 Elections in theBritish Southern Cameroons
• Chapter Three. Folk-songs and History among the Kom of Northwest Cameroon
• Chapter Four. Boundary Conflicts in Africa:The Case of Bambili and Babanki Tungohof Northwest Cameroon
• Chapter Five. Elites, Ethno-regional Competitionin Cameroon, 1991-1997
• Chapter Six. "The Voice of the Voiceless":Telephone and Telephone Operators in Anglophone Cameroon
• Chapter Seven. The Dilemma of Civil Society in Cameroon since 1990
• Chapter Eight. Football and the Politics of Belonging inContemporary Cameroon, C.1979-2004
• Bibliography
• Back Cover.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 9789956717873
• 9956717878

OCLC:

830165970