University Crisis and Student Protests in Africa: The 2005 -2006 University Students� Strike in Cameroon

Contents

iii Table of Contents Acnkowledgements……………………………………………………... v Chapter 1: Irrepressible Dissent: The University as the Bedrock for Political Transformation in Cameroon……………………………………………1 Chapter 2: Scholarship Production in Cameroon: Interrogating a Recession Nantang B. Jua and Francis B. Nyamnjoh…………………………………... 23 Chapter 3: The University of Yaoundé as Ground Zero for the 2005 Student Protests in Cameroon……………………………………………………49 Chapter 4: Protest on the Second Front: The University of Buea Joins the Fray……………………………………………………………………...73 Chapter 5: The Hurricane of Student Strike Action Sweeps into Douala and Dschang…………………………………………………………………101 Chapter 6: Use of Force and Loss of Life and Property at the University of Buea…………………………………………………………………... 123 Chapter 7: Reaching Accord: Negotiating Resolution at the University of Yaoundé…………………………………………………………………165 Chapter 8: A Bumpy Road to an Untenable Resolution in Buea…………183 Chapter 9: Civil Society Actors Weigh in on the University Strike……… 257 Chapter 10: Epilogue to a Strike…………………………………………297 References……………………………………………………………….327 iv ...