Diplomacy and nation-building in Africa : Franco-British relations and Cameroon at the end of empire / Mélanie Torrent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torrent, Mélanie, author.

Series:

International library of African studies ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Cameroon.

Decolonization.

Nation-building--Cameroon.

Nation-building.

Cameroon--Foreign relations--France.

Cameroon.

Cameroon--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Cameroon--History--1960-1982.

Cameroon--History--1982-.

Cameroon--Politics and government--1960-.

France--Foreign relations--Cameroon.

France.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Cameroon.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Cameroon stands as a remarkable example of nation-building in the aftermath of European domination. Split between the French and British empires after World War I, it experienced a unique drive for self-determination at the turn of the 1960s, culminating in both independence from European power and the re-unification of two of its divided territories. This book investigates the influence of foreign policy on nation-building in West Africa in the context of both the Cold War and European integration. Shedding fresh light on the challenges of bridging the political, economic and linguistic divide that France and Britain had left, Melanie Torrent explores the evolution of a nation, charting both Cameroon's importance in Franco-British relations and Cameroon's use of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy in asserting its independence. This work should be essential reading for students of African studies, International Relations and the post-colonial world."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1. The reunification dialogues: coordinating decolonisation in the cold war; 2. Out of commonwealth dynamics: Cameroon's retreat from Britain's international legacy; 3. Francophone diplomacies: opportunities and dangers for the Cameroonian state; 4. New partnerships: the stakes and limits of integration in Cameroon and Europe; 5. the Cameroonian bridge? elusive multilateralism in a globalising world; conclusion; notes; bibliography; index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [382]-398) and index.

ISBN:

9780755619146

0755619145

9780857722089

0857722085

OCLC:

851316109

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9780755619146 doi