Battling Language Rights Governance in Africa

Swisselgianism, Ubackism, and the Ambazonia-Cameroun War

Ateh-Afac Fossungu

• Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781779272720
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Asian Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book seeks to use the burning issue of multiculturalism (bilingualism particularly) to offer an appreciation of the roots and dynamics of the Ambazonia-Cameroun war, which has been raging for the past five years and counting. An understanding of Cameroon's language management and national unity policies is provided here through a comparative survey of the language politics of four other countries: two of them European (Belgium and Switzerland), one North American (Canada), and the other Third World and Asian (Indonesia). The author argues better language governance policies that gainfully protect minorities, as well as fostering the goals of national and continental unity and development, Cameroon (and, by extension, the anticipated UDA) must emulate from European countries like Belgium and Switzerland rather than from Canada which is traditionally regarded as 'the Cameroon of North America'.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1 - SURVEYING LANGUAGE POLITICS AROUND THE WORLD WITH QUEBEC AND CANADA IN THE WITNESS-BOX
• CHAPTER 2 - SCRUTINIZING AND CONTEXTUALIZING CAMEROON’S LANGUAGE POLICY
• CHAPTER 3 - CAN THERE BE EFFECTIVE BILINGUALISM IN CAMEROON WITH THE SECRET AGREEMENTS WITH FRANCE?
• LANGUAGE LESSONS OF GLOBAVILLAGISM AND CLOSING REMARKS
• REFERENCES
• Back cover