CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Njiki, Fonmboh Mildred |
|---|---|
| Title | ETHNIC CONFLICT AND PRIVATIZATION IN CAMEROON: THE CASE OF THE CAMEROON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| Summary | This study explores the trajectory of the on-going conflict between the state of Cameroon and the Bakweri ethnic group over the privatization of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC). The key finding is that the cause of the conflict is the tripolar authority system and therefore power fields in which the people find themselves today. Their lands were first appropriated by the German colonial administration for the development of plantation agriculture. When the Germans were ousted from Cameroon and their property declared ‘Enemy property’, following the First World War, Southwest Cameroon where the plantations are found came under the British colonial administration which upon independence ceded it over to the postcolonial Cameroonian state. The conflict shows the appropriation of the concept of neoliberalism by the Bakweri ethnic group to make it more appropriate to their needs and interests by asking for compensation for the exploitation of their land. The contribution that this study claims to make to knowledge is that we should understand local processes particularly in Africa in terms of shifting national political economy of ethnicity and political patronage. Theoretically, I have directed attention to how present day conflicts can be traced to past and contemporary, larger historical, economic and political processes such as colonialism and how processes such as neoliberal globalization can have a different impact, reaction and outcome at the local level. It is therefore relevant to always see the local, national and international spheres as intertwined and affecting each other and to trace resistance |
| Supervisor | KUMAR RAJARAM, PREM |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/njiki_fonmboh.pdf |
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