The Power in the Writer. Collected Essays on Culture, Democracy and Development in Africa
... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts an... more ... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts and Culture ... Most of them use a protest style, the language is one of bitterness and anger, the diction is ... le Philosophe, quel est votre avis? Each time a writer is invited to power or given ...
The return to multiparty politics in Cameroon in 1990 was met with reluctance and resistance by t... more The return to multiparty politics in Cameroon in 1990 was met with reluctance and resistance by the regime. Triggered by the events of 26th May 1990, that led to the defiant launching of an Opposition party (Social Democratic Front – SDF), multipartyism and eventually Opposition parties became
Although this peace initiative and pacific settlement has reduced armed conflict, it has unwittin... more Although this peace initiative and pacific settlement has reduced armed conflict, it has unwittingly and paradoxically become a trigger factor for simmering tensions which threaten renewed violence as non-confrontational actors have now shifted conflict issues to primordialism (identity-based), resources (interest-based) and refusal to abide by the ICJ decision (valuesbased). The latest violence of 13 February 2015 in which pirates attacked a police boat at sea in the peninsula killing a Police Inspector and kidnapping a Police Commissioner is a core indicator that renewed armed violence cannot be ruled out in the peninsula.
Meddlers or mediators? African interveners in civil conflicts in Eastern Africa, Gilbert M. Khadiagala : book review
Gilbert M. Khadiagala's well-researched book sheds light on the vagary of conflict mediation ... more Gilbert M. Khadiagala's well-researched book sheds light on the vagary of conflict mediation through citizen-led (elder statesmen), state-centric and regionally-driven initiatives. Meddlers or Mediators focuses on five civil war case studies within the eastern region of Africa but, beyond this, is also a profile of those involved or who intend to be involved in the complex and cumbersome search for peace in conflict-prone Africa.
Civil-military relations : the military and African politics : commentary
Conflict Trends, 2003
The reasons for military interventions (militocracy) in Africa are as varied as they are complex.... more The reasons for military interventions (militocracy) in Africa are as varied as they are complex. They range from personal grievances to the political and economic kleptocracy of civilian regimes. In a struggle to cope with this predicament between the devil of tyranny (as in one-party systems) and the deep sea of anarchy (as in multiparty systems) military rule has often been invoked. The balance sheet has largely been negative, with very few being benign, that is serving the interests of the people whether in a short or long political life span.
African Security Council as an organ of the African Union
There is the need for a structural organ that would deal with the issues of conflict management i... more There is the need for a structural organ that would deal with the issues of conflict management in a more coherent, organised and authoritative manner.
... the age of 34. Paul Biya born on 13th February 1933 became Prime minister of Cameroon in ... ... more ... the age of 34. Paul Biya born on 13th February 1933 became Prime minister of Cameroon in ... Union (CDU) Adamou Ndam Njoya is in his sixties, the taciturn leader of the National Union for Democracy and Progress (NUDP) Bello Bouba Maigari has almost hit fifty seven. One of ...
The power in the writer: collected essays on culture, democracy & development in Africa
... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts an... more ... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts and Culture ... Most of them use a protest style, the language is one of bitterness and anger, the diction is ... le Philosophe, quel est votre avis? Each time a writer is invited to power or given ...
The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most ren... more The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most renowned, committed and daring Anglophone Cameroon writers. 'The Mungo Bridge, ' is a stinging indictment of the tenuous relations between La Republique du Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons - a marriage gone sour right from the honeymoon. It raises hard questions on the failed union, and is uncompromisingly courageous in the solutions it proposes. This popular essay was first published at a time when it was risky to be open and critical, especially on what has come to be known as The Anglophone Problem. 'The Anglophone File' discusses the narrow and barren politics of belonging that have exacerbated divisions and controversies among Anglophone elites, turning them into political fodder for the Francophone dominated state. The essay suggests ways out of the divisions and intrigue that have kept Anglophones permanently at daggers drawn against each other, and facilitated their exploitation, humiliation and marginalization. The third essay, 'Fragments of Unity, ' concerns the South West Region, whose leaders Ngwane criticizes of political opportunism and of a chronic lack of vision and fortitude with regard to the socio-economic development of the region. It calls for a leadership free of the docility, mediocrity and praise-singerliness. These are powerful essays that have attracted praise and criticism alike. They are essays to leave few indifferent. Their continued relevance to current debates makes of them a most read
The Power in the Writer. Collected Essays on Culture, Democracy and Development in Africa
... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts an... more ... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts and Culture ... Most of them use a protest style, the language is one of bitterness and anger, the diction is ... le Philosophe, quel est votre avis? Each time a writer is invited to power or given ...
The return to multiparty politics in Cameroon in 1990 was met with reluctance and resistance by t... more The return to multiparty politics in Cameroon in 1990 was met with reluctance and resistance by the regime. Triggered by the events of 26th May 1990, that led to the defiant launching of an Opposition party (Social Democratic Front – SDF), multipartyism and eventually Opposition parties became
Although this peace initiative and pacific settlement has reduced armed conflict, it has unwittin... more Although this peace initiative and pacific settlement has reduced armed conflict, it has unwittingly and paradoxically become a trigger factor for simmering tensions which threaten renewed violence as non-confrontational actors have now shifted conflict issues to primordialism (identity-based), resources (interest-based) and refusal to abide by the ICJ decision (valuesbased). The latest violence of 13 February 2015 in which pirates attacked a police boat at sea in the peninsula killing a Police Inspector and kidnapping a Police Commissioner is a core indicator that renewed armed violence cannot be ruled out in the peninsula.
Meddlers or mediators? African interveners in civil conflicts in Eastern Africa, Gilbert M. Khadiagala : book review
Gilbert M. Khadiagala's well-researched book sheds light on the vagary of conflict mediation ... more Gilbert M. Khadiagala's well-researched book sheds light on the vagary of conflict mediation through citizen-led (elder statesmen), state-centric and regionally-driven initiatives. Meddlers or Mediators focuses on five civil war case studies within the eastern region of Africa but, beyond this, is also a profile of those involved or who intend to be involved in the complex and cumbersome search for peace in conflict-prone Africa.
Civil-military relations : the military and African politics : commentary
Conflict Trends, 2003
The reasons for military interventions (militocracy) in Africa are as varied as they are complex.... more The reasons for military interventions (militocracy) in Africa are as varied as they are complex. They range from personal grievances to the political and economic kleptocracy of civilian regimes. In a struggle to cope with this predicament between the devil of tyranny (as in one-party systems) and the deep sea of anarchy (as in multiparty systems) military rule has often been invoked. The balance sheet has largely been negative, with very few being benign, that is serving the interests of the people whether in a short or long political life span.
African Security Council as an organ of the African Union
There is the need for a structural organ that would deal with the issues of conflict management i... more There is the need for a structural organ that would deal with the issues of conflict management in a more coherent, organised and authoritative manner.
... the age of 34. Paul Biya born on 13th February 1933 became Prime minister of Cameroon in ... ... more ... the age of 34. Paul Biya born on 13th February 1933 became Prime minister of Cameroon in ... Union (CDU) Adamou Ndam Njoya is in his sixties, the taciturn leader of the National Union for Democracy and Progress (NUDP) Bello Bouba Maigari has almost hit fifty seven. One of ...
The power in the writer: collected essays on culture, democracy & development in Africa
... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts an... more ... Chapter Four: From Environmental waste to Artistic wealth 23 Chapter Five: Towards an Arts and Culture ... Most of them use a protest style, the language is one of bitterness and anger, the diction is ... le Philosophe, quel est votre avis? Each time a writer is invited to power or given ...
The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most ren... more The Cameroon Condition brings together three seminal essays by George Ngwane, one of the most renowned, committed and daring Anglophone Cameroon writers. 'The Mungo Bridge, ' is a stinging indictment of the tenuous relations between La Republique du Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons - a marriage gone sour right from the honeymoon. It raises hard questions on the failed union, and is uncompromisingly courageous in the solutions it proposes. This popular essay was first published at a time when it was risky to be open and critical, especially on what has come to be known as The Anglophone Problem. 'The Anglophone File' discusses the narrow and barren politics of belonging that have exacerbated divisions and controversies among Anglophone elites, turning them into political fodder for the Francophone dominated state. The essay suggests ways out of the divisions and intrigue that have kept Anglophones permanently at daggers drawn against each other, and facilitated their exploitation, humiliation and marginalization. The third essay, 'Fragments of Unity, ' concerns the South West Region, whose leaders Ngwane criticizes of political opportunism and of a chronic lack of vision and fortitude with regard to the socio-economic development of the region. It calls for a leadership free of the docility, mediocrity and praise-singerliness. These are powerful essays that have attracted praise and criticism alike. They are essays to leave few indifferent. Their continued relevance to current debates makes of them a most read
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