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

