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Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon
- Title
- Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon / Meredith Terretta.
- Author
- Terretta, Meredith
- Publication
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 367 pages : maps; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- New African histories
- Uniform Title
- New African histories series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- God, land, justice, and political sovereignty in Grassfields governance -- "Bamileke strangers" make the Mungo River Valley their home -- Troublesome, rebellious, outlawed : international politics and UPC nationalism in the Bamileke and Mungo regions -- Nationalists or traitors? : Bamileke chiefs and electoral politics in the year of loi-cadre -- The maquis at home, exile abroad : Grassfields warfare meets revolutionary Pan-Africanism -- "Here, God does not exist" : emergency law and the violence of state building -- Conclusion : "after the war, we stop counting the dead" : reconciliation and public confession.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-638
- ISBN
- 9780821420690 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0821420690 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780821444726 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- 0821444727 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013030968
- OCLC
- 868634093
- Author
- Terretta, Meredith, author.
- Title
- Nation of outlaws, state of violence : nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon / Meredith Terretta.
- Publisher
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New African historiesNew African histories series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-638