Nation of outlaws, state of violence nationalism, Grassfields tradition, and state building in Cameroon / Meredith Terretta.

SeriesNew African histories
New African histories series. ^A590193
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2013030968
ISBN9780821420690 (pb : alk. paper)

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