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.