Central Africa: Crises, Reform and Reconstruction
ESD Fomin and John W Forje
Published April 2005; 272 pages; ISBN 2-86978-151-2
‘This book contains insightful and well-articulated analyses of
key factors and issues for nation building in Cameroon and the
Central African sub region in terms of the
socio-economico-political variables for the enterprise of
natural development’.
Professor Beban Sammy Chumbow,
Rector University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.
‘This comprehensive work covers a wide range of issues affecting
the Central African sub-region and argues that though most of
the problems affecting African states are traceable to colonial
and the Cold-War eras, authoritarian leaderships, despotism,
consolidated through ethnic hegemony, politics of exclusion,
corruption and unhealthy romance with forces of neo-colonialism
are equally to be blamed. ... This is no doubt a timely
publication and a must read for any one interested in the
politics of Africa’.
Iroanya Richardo,
University of Pretoria, South Africa.
This timely book addresses development problems and prospects in
Central Africa. Drawing from individual case studies, global
debates and experiences, the contributors provide a rich
repertoire of reflections and insights on economic integration
and activities, and on the internal and external politics of the
different states in the subregion. Strikingly, all the studies
point to the fact that Central African states, although
possessing tremendous natural and human resources and peopled by
communities thirsty for development, have for a long time
remained under the spell and chaos of bad governments and bad
economic policies and practices. A consequence has been endemic
poverty and misery for all but an elite few. Informed both by
their empirical findings and experiences as social actors, the
authors of this important volume highlight not only the failure
of democracy to take root in the subregion, but also how
corruption, lack of transparency and accountability in
governance and business have detrimentally become fashionable,
making the prospects of reform an ever more extravagant dream.
E.S.D. Fomin
has
a Doctorate in History from the University of Yaounde. He is the
author of four books, has published several scientific articles,
and participated in many seminars, conferences, and symposia.
John W. Forje
is
currently Archie Mafeje Fellow at the African Institute of South
Africa, Pretoria. He was educated at the Universities of Lund,
Hull and Salford. He is a Lecturer in the Department of
Political Science, University of Yaounde II-Soa; and a Visiting
Lecturer, University of Buea, Cameroon. He is author of a number
of books and articles.
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Introduction
E.S.D. Fomin
and John W. Forje
|
1 |
|
Section I: Nation Building and Regional
Integration: Problems and Prospects
|
|
Regional
Economic Blocs in Central Africa:
What
Went Right and What Went Wrong?
Arsene Honore Gideon Nkama |
17 |
|
The Paucity
and Irregularity of Anglophone Newspapersdin
Cameroon
Victor Cheo and Henry Muluh |
31 |
|
The Management
of Ethnic Diversity in Cameroon:
The
Case of the Coastal Areas
Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo |
41 |
|
Effects of the
Foreign Debt Burden on Saving Ratios
in the
CEMAC Zone
George Ndoh
Mbanga
|
64 |
|
The NEPAD
Initiative: A Basis for Fostering Economic Recovery
in the
CEMAC Zone
Ntangsi Max Memfih |
80 |
|
Checking
Rebels or Chasing Fortunes: Foreign States’ Elites
and the
DR Congo Conflict (1997–2002)
Oladiran W. Bello |
105 |
The Youth and
Environmental Education in Cameroon:
A Study
of Secondary School-based Environmental Clubs
Andrew Wujung Vukenkeng |
122 |
|
From Village
to National and Global Art: Whose Art?
Walter Nkwi
|
133 |
Section II :
The Weird Wind of Democratisation and Governance
|
Traumas,
Memories and ‘Modern’ Politics in Central Africa
E. S. D. Fomin
|
157 |
Tribulations
of a Democratic Transition:
The
Cameroonian Experience
Valentine Ameli Tabi |
175 |
Protection
against Human Rights Abuses in the Central Africa
Sub-Region: The Case of Children
Margaret Ayike |
189 |
The
Vicissitudes of Cameroon Civil Society in the 1990s:
What
Lessons for the Central African Region?
Susanna Yene Awasom
|
210 |
Rethinking
Political Will and Empowerment as Missing Dimensions
in
Post-Conflict Reform and Reconstruction
in the
Central African Sub-Region
John W. Forje |
223 |
Conflict and
Violence in Central Africa:
The
Political Economy Behind Internal and External Networks
in
Fomenting War in the Sub-Region
Ian Taylor |
241 |
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