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- Road Companion to Democracy and Meritocracy: Further Essays from an African Perspective
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
Each of the essays in this book is marked by a certain simplicity and clarity, a seriousness tinged with humour, masking a profundity that are unmistakably characteristic of Godfrey B. Tangwa alias Rodcod Gobata, one of the leading critical minds amongst Cameroonians. The essays are centred on the theme of democracy and meritocracy which the author believes to be the pre-conditions for genuine development in Africa. The immediate focus of these essays is Cameroon, a country remarkable for experimenting with French/English bilingualism and for having a political dictatorship which claims, wrongly or rightly, to have transformed itself into a democracy; but they are equally relevant to other countries in Africa and beyond. Each of the essays stands alone but they are all telling various aspects of the same story from various angles at various times using different modes of expression. Anyone who seeks a glimpse of understanding of the trouble with Africa and particularly with Cameroon, 10 years into the 21st century, would read this book with great profit.
Table of Contents
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- Dedication
- p. ix
- Acknowledgement
- p. xi
- Part One
- 3. X For All by the Year 2000
- pp. 27-30
- 4. Letter to the Dean
- pp. 31-37
- 9. Fale Wache, Lament of a Mother
- pp. 63-64
- 12. The Beginning of the End
- pp. 77-80
- 13. Our Book of Revelations
- pp. 81-84
- 14. Cameroonians are Unshockable
- pp. 85-87
- 16. For the Attention of my Students
- pp. 93-95
- 17. Revelations Chapter 3
- pp. 97-100
- 18. Our Mungo Bridges
- pp. 101-108
- Part Two. In the Spirit of GOBATA
- 1. The Stuff Mandela is Made of
- pp. 111-114
- 6. Tenth Anniversary of a Horrible Year
- pp. 131-134
- 7. Where we Should Be Heading
- pp. 135-137
- 8. In the Spirit of a Zealous Disciple
- pp. 139-143
- 9. A Rich Harvest of Peters by Paul
- pp. 145-148
- 12. Corruption Fights Cameroon
- pp. 157-159
- 14. Politics of Back Scratching
- pp. 165-168
- 17. How to Demystify John Fru Ndi
- pp. 177-179
- 18. If You Saw The Shah Escaping…
- pp. 181-184
- 19. On Behalf of a College Room-mate
- pp. 185-187
- 21. Address to the Youth
- pp. 193-195
- 22. Registering on the Electoral List
- pp. 197-199
- 23. In Provisional Praise of Paul Biya
- pp. 201-203
- 25. For Every Mobutu a Kabila
- pp. 209-211
- 28. Yielding Place to a New Order
- pp. 221-223
- 29. Mola Njoh Litumbe’s Concept of Home
- pp. 225-227
- 30. As a Participant Observer
- pp. 229-231
- 31. Waiting for Kabila
- pp. 233-235
- 33. Non Dimittis, Domine
- pp. 241-244
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956578375
Related ISBN(s)
9789956616701
MARC Record
OCLC
694146169
Pages
262
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No