Curricular Issues in Neocolonial Cameroon: A Personal Journey

Jing, Thomas

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“…It will be herculean to exhaustively explore the imperialist or neocolonialist powers that have subtly controlled or sought to control the Cameroonian government these last years. However, in this section, the particular focus will be on France, whose influence seems to be the greatest and most palpable in the country (Kohnert 2022;Haag 2011;Survie 2009;Jing 2019). It will be helpful from the outset to highlight that, without wanting to discard all the multiple -but non-universal -definitions given the term neocolonialism, this section hinges on the conceptualization of French neo-colonial control as a system that emanates between France and Cameroon is also facilitated by several monopolistic and mercantilist trade agreements that have insidiously enabled some French companies or multinationals to monopolize certain sectors of the Cameroonian economy.…”

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Leveraging Pan-Africanism to Fight French Neocolonialism in Francophone Africa: A Study of the Cameroonian Audio-Visual Media and Intelligentsia

Endong

2023

Asian J. Media Commun

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The persistence of French neo-colonialism has motivated the emergence of new and very aggressive forms of pan-Africanism in most – nay all – Francophone African countries. Indeed, many Francophobic pressure groups operating in Francophone African countries have sought to resist French neo-colonialism in their countries by mobilizing forms of pan-Africanism, which to a great extent, are xenophobic and disruptive to France’s diplomacy in specific Francophone African countries. In Cameroon, for instance, several so-called pan-African media initiatives, such as Afrique Media, have resorted to a very combative – but professionally problematic – form of journalism called ‘journalism of opinion’ to denounce Western political imperialism and contribute in no small measure, to the fight against Western (and particularly French) neo-colonialism in Cameroon. This paper seeks to illustrate the above phenomenon hinging on secondary sources and critical observations. Specifically, the paper explores indexes of French neo-colonialism in Cameroon and examines how the Cameroonian intelligentsia, in general and specific pan-African media houses in the countries in particular, have sought to combat this French neo-colonialism.

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Section: Exploring French Neocolonialism In Cameroonmentioning

confidence: 99%