Representations and renegotiations of the nation in Anglophone Cameroonian literature / Priscilla M. Manjoh.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Manjoh, Priscillia M., author.

Series:

African languages, African literatures ; v. 7.

African languages - African literatures ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroonian literature (English)--History and criticism.

Cameroonian literature (English).

Nationalism in literature.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 423 pages : color maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Lit, [2018]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Theories of Postcolonial Nations and the Cameroonian Context p. 19

1.1 Toward a Definition of Nationalism and its Origins p. 19

1.2 Nationalism as a Parasite on the State and the Nation p. 24

1.3 Civic and Ethnic Concepts of the Nation p. 28

1.3.1 Social Classification as an Un-benign Concept of the Nation p. 32

1.3.2 The Nation as a Daily Plebiscite: Solidarity and Identity p. 35

1.3.3 The Nation as a Notion of Subjectivity p. 36

1.4 Postcolonial Theory p. 43

1.4.1 Research into (Post) colonial Theory and Debates p. 44

1.4.2 Understanding Postcolonial Nationalism and the Nation p. 48

1.4.3 Questioning Postcolonial Theory p. 72

Chapter 2 Locating Anglophone Cameroonian Literature p. 76

2.1 Historical Context of the Study p. 76

2.2 Nationalism in the Two Trust Territories - French and British Cameroons p. 81

2.3 Events Leading to Re-unification as a Source of Disunity in the Nation of Cameroon p. 84

2.4 Demolition of Federalism through Ahidjo p. 88

2.5 Who Are the Anglophone Cameroonian Minorities and What Do They Want? p. 94

2.6 Anglophone Cameroonian Literature p. 103

2.7 The Socio-Cultural Atmosphere of Anglophone Cameroonian Writers/Novelists p. 108

2.8 The Literary Orientation of the Anglophone Cameroonian Writers (Novelists) p. 112

2.9 Biographies of Authors p. 119

2.9.1 Francis B. Nyamnjoh p. 119

2.9.2 John N. Nkengasong p. 123

2.9.3 Alobwed'Epie p. 125

2.10 A Review of Related Literature p. 129

2.10.1 Critical Perspectives on the Marginalization of Anglophone Cameroon and its Implication for Contemporary Writing p. 130

2.10.2 Critical Perspectives on African Novels p. 145

2.10.3 Critical Perspectives on the Novels under Survey p. 149

Chapter 3 Corruption and Misery as National Malaise p. 153

3.2 Nyamnjoh's Illustrations of Leadership of Drunkenness p. 155

3.2.1 The Corrupt Mode of Political Leadership in Cameroon and Mimboland p. 164

3.2.2 The Glorious Past, Misery and Hardship of the Present in the Two Novels p. 176

3.3 Misery and Corruption in A Unitary State: Nkengasong's Across the Mongolo p. 182

3.4 The Death Certificate: Mongo Meka and Corruption in Ewawa p. 197

3.4.1 Embezzlement and Mismanagement in Ewawa p. 199

3.4.2 Exploitation of the Masses in Ewawa p. 206

3.5 Cross-Reading Misery and Corruption with Francophone Cameroonian Novelists p. 216

Chapter 4 Marginalization in the Nation p. 224

4.1 The Subaltern Position of the Anglophones in Nkengasong's Across the Mongolo p. 225

4.1.1 Nkengasong's Portrayal of the Oppressed in Across the Mongolo p. 229

4.1.2 Ideology of Power, Authoritarianism and Essentialism in Kamangola as Tools of Marginalization p. 234

4.1.3 Auto-Ethnic Colonialism: Marginalization through Post-independence Colonization, the Loss of Identity p. 241

4.1.4 Self-Marginalization of the Anglophones in Kamangola p. 254

4.2 Marginalization in Francis B. Nyamnjoh's Mind and Money p. 258

4.2.1 Marginalization of the Anglophones in Mimboland: Social Classification in Terms of Language p. 259

4.2.2 Resistance to Marginalization - Nyamnjoh's Secessionist Vision in Money p. 263

4.2.3 Nyamnjoh's Depiction of Marginalization in the Nation by Use of Contrast p. 270

4.3 Marginalization in Alobwed'Epie's The Death Certificate p. 273

4.4 Marginalization by Some Francophone Writers of Anglophones and Auto-Ethnic Colonialism in the Postcolony p. 275

Chapter 5 Ethnicity and Nationhood p. 283

5.2 The First Province As An Ethnic Group and Alobwed'Epie's Art in Death p. 285

5.2.1 The Enhancement of Dominant Ethnicity in Ewawa by Neopatrimonialism p. 294

5.2.2 Misdirected Patriotism - A Pitfall to National Consciousness in Ewawa p. 298

5.3 Name and Language as Instruments of Ethnicity in Nkengasong's Mongolo p. 307

5.3.1 Peripheral Nationalism: Ethnic Solidarity and the Formation of the YAM p. 308

5.4 Discrimination in Mimboland and Cameroon Based on Convictions, Loyalties and Solidarities p. 313

5.4.1 Identity in Nyamandem and Yaounde p. 314

5.4.2 Personal Relationships and Nepotic Forms of Governance in Mind and Money p. 324

6.1 The Current Research as a Critical Endeavour p. 341

6.2 Outlook to Further Research p. 343.

Notes:

doctoral Humboldt-Universität, Berlin 2016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-423).

ISBN:

9783643908919

3643908911

OCLC:

1059472129

Publisher Number:

99984104257