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Author Nkwi, Walter Gam

Title Voicing the voiceless : contributions to closing gaps in Cameroon history, 1958-2009 / Walter Gam Nkwi
Published Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages)
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- Towards Understanding Voiceless Voices -- brief note on sources and methods -- Structure of the Book -- ch. Two Anlu Factor and the 1959 Elections in the British Southern Cameroons: The Case of Kom Fondom, 1958-1961 -- Introduction -- Kom in Geographical and ethnographic terms -- Anlu is Born -- Organisation and Activities -- Party Politics in the Kom Fondom -- Anlu ̀Revolt' -- Colonial Ordinances: Agricultural Law in Wum Division -- Rebellion Begins -- Reaction of the British Colonial Administration -- Role of Madam Nathalia Jua Noh -- KNDP and the Anlu -- Anlu and the 1959 Elections -- Anlu Dilemma in 1961 -- Conclusion -- ch. Three Folk-songs and History among the Kom of Northwest Cameroon -- Introduction -- Evolution and Characteristics of Kom Folk-Songs -- Pre-colonial Period -- Congo Bar -- Conclusion -- ch. Four Boundary Conflicts in Africa: The Case of Bambili and Babanki Tungoh of Northwest Cameroon, c. 1955-1998 -- Introduction -- Staking the Landscape of the Study Area -- Locating the Study Area -- Historical Background of Bambili and Babanki-tungoh -- Contending Issues -- Disputed Area: The Question of Ownership -- Manifestation of the Conflict C. 1950-1995 -- Period of Court Rulings, C. 1950s-1958 -- 1958-1973 Period -- Peace and War Decades, 1973-1995 -- Appraisal -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- ch. Five Elites, Ethno-regional Competition in Cameroon, 1991-1997: The Case of South West Elites Association (SWELA) -- Introduction -- General Observations and Objectives -- Elites: Some Theoretical Issues and Debates -- Ethno-regional Rivalry and Swela's Antecedent (Vikuma) -- Developments Leading to the Formation of Swela -- Birth of Swela -- Internal Wrangling Within Swela -- Swela Goes Plural -- Fortunes of Swela -- Conclusion
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. In other parts of Africa and beyond this type of history has already taken root and animated scholarly production and debate. Cameroon history has been replete with studies that focus mostly on political history and the actions and intentions of top politicians of the day, with scant regard for the historical importance of the everyday life of ordinary Cameroonians as makers and breakers. This book takes a bold step in the direction of subaltern studies in Cameroon, and makes a clarion call for the institutionalization of voicing the voiceless. Nkwi - innovative and stimulating in his blend of history and ethnography of the everyday - offers fresh insights into the contextual understandings of subaltern Cameroon between 1958 and 2009. This is a welcome contribution to closing gaps in social history, from a leader amongst a budding new generation of historians of Cameroon and Africa
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Subject History.
History
history (discipline)
African history.
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
History
SUBJECT Cameroon -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019140
Subject Cameroon
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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