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The Anglophone Problem in Cameroon
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1997
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ColonialismNationalismDecolonialitySocial SciencesDecolonizationIndigenous LanguageSettler ColonialismNational UnityPost-colonial StateLinguistic DiversityLanguage StudiesAfrican Social ChangeAfrican DevelopmentPublic PolicySociolinguisticsComparative PoliticsAfrican PoliticsAfrican StudiesAnglophone ProblemPolitical AgendaPolitical Science
THE political agenda in Cameroon has become increasingly dominated by what is known as the ‘anglophone problem’, which poses a major challenge to the efforts of the post-colonial state to forge national unity and integration, and has led to the reintroduction of forceful arguments and actions in favour of ‘federalism’ or even ‘secession’.