Book Review

Book Review

Communal Liberalism by Paul Biya, A Vision Betrayed: The Book and the Tyranny It Concealed

Reviewed by Mankah Rosa Parks, Senior Investigative Correspondent. When Communal Liberalism was first published in 1987, it was heralded as a manifesto of modern African leadership. Paul Biya, barely five years into his presidency, presented himself as a reform-minded statesman—an intellectual leader intent on reconciling state authority with citizen participation. The book promised decentralisation, good

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Glossary on Decentralisation in Cameroon by Leopold Dine Ele Aitkins: A Smokescreen of Centralisation Masquerading as Reform.

By The Independentist Review Team | June 2025 Introduction: A Book Born of Betrayal. After rejecting the Swiss-led process, the parting words from colonial Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute to Swiss chief negotiator Mr. Günter Bähler were telling: La République du Cameroun is looking for international partners to implement the outcome of the Major National

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A Reluctant Servant or a Loyal Enforcer?A Review of Francis Nkwain’s Memoir

Bobe Francis Nkwain By Mankah Rosa Parks – Francis Nkwain’s My Time in Government: Reflections of a Minister offers a window into the inner workings of post-reunification Cameroon’s civil service through the eyes of a man often remembered for his loyalty, not his legacy. A former Rector of the university of Dschang, Ambassador, and Minister

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Concise review of The Cameroon Peace Project: A Case Study in Pedagogical Game Theory,by Cece Buckley

By Ali Dan Ismael:  Editor in chief OverviewPublication Info: Released December 1, 2022 by Global Justice Journal, the paperback version spans 274 pages. There’s also an e‑book edition released on January 11, 2023 Core Premise: This nonfiction narrative details ece Buckley’s pedagogical game theory methodology to empower 89 youths caught in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis—an intense

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