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v Table of Contents Acknowledgement…………………………………….. vii Preface………………………………………………….ix Chapter 1: Theorizing Orality and Human Rights in Cameroon and Africa…………………………………. 1 Chapter 2: Lapiro Parle: Entretien avec le Professeur Vakunta………………………………………………... 7 Chapter 3: Entertaining Political Dissent in Cameroon………………………………………………41 Chapter 4: Lapiroisms: Tool of Resistance in Lapiro’s Songwriting…………………………………………….61 Chapter 5: Anti-Establishment Lyrics of Lapiro, Valsero and Elwood……………………………………………. 69 Chapter 6: Fictionalizing the Rebel Art of Lapiro de Mbanga………………………………………………... 87 Chapter 7: Eulogies and Obituaries for the Fallen Hero…………………………………………………… 107 Chapter 8: Epilogue…………………………………... 153 Works cited……………………………………………. 171 Discography……………………………………………177 vi Index……………………………………………………183 ...

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