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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 ALL ARE 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. GODFREY B. TANGWALECTURED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE, FROM 1978-1986, AND JOINED THE UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDE IN 1987 AS A SENIOR LECTURER. HE IS CURRENTLY PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY WHICH HE HEADED FROM 2004 TO 2008. Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group PO Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Region Cameroon ...

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