Nation of outlaws, state of violence :
Terretta, Meredith.
Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon / Meredith Terretta. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : maps. - New African histories . - New African histories series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
God, land, justice, and political sovereignty in Grassfields governance -- "Bamileke strangers" make the Mungo River Valley their home -- Troublesome, rebellious, outlawed : international politics and UPC nationalism in the Bamileke and Mungo regions -- Nationalists or traitors? : Bamileke chiefs and electoral politics in the year of loi-cadre -- The maquis at home, exile abroad : Grassfields warfare meets revolutionary Pan-Africanism -- "Here, God does not exist" : emergency law and the violence of state building -- Conclusion : "after the war, we stop counting the dead" : reconciliation and public confession.
9780821444726 (ebook)
Union des populations du Cameroun--History.
Bamileke (African people)--History--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Cameroon--20th century.
Cameroon--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Cameroon--History--1960-1982.
Cameroon--History--To 1960.
Electronic books.
DT574 / .T47 2014eb
967.1103
Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon / Meredith Terretta. - 1 online resource (384 pages) : maps. - New African histories . - New African histories series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
God, land, justice, and political sovereignty in Grassfields governance -- "Bamileke strangers" make the Mungo River Valley their home -- Troublesome, rebellious, outlawed : international politics and UPC nationalism in the Bamileke and Mungo regions -- Nationalists or traitors? : Bamileke chiefs and electoral politics in the year of loi-cadre -- The maquis at home, exile abroad : Grassfields warfare meets revolutionary Pan-Africanism -- "Here, God does not exist" : emergency law and the violence of state building -- Conclusion : "after the war, we stop counting the dead" : reconciliation and public confession.
9780821444726 (ebook)
Union des populations du Cameroun--History.
Bamileke (African people)--History--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Cameroon--20th century.
Cameroon--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Cameroon--History--1960-1982.
Cameroon--History--To 1960.
Electronic books.
DT574 / .T47 2014eb
967.1103