Politics and Constitution-Making in Francophone Cameroon, 1959-1960

Awasom, Nicodemus Fru

doi:10.2979/aft.2002.49.4.2

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“…Moreover, with French support, Mbida was forced out of office in February 1958 and replaced with Ahidjo 4 . Despite vociferous legislative opposition, in October 1959 ALCAM provided Ahidjo with six months of emergency powers to confront the UPC rebellion and the right to appoint half of the constitutional committee (Awasom 2002: 9–14; Kamga & Kamdem 2015: 296–300).…”

Section: The Institutional Evolution Of the Legislature In Cameroonmentioning

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The legislature as political control: change and continuity in Cameroon's National Assembly (1973–2019)

Morse

2021

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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A growing literature has begun to more closely examine African legislatures. However, most of this research has been attentive to emerging democratic settings, and particularly the experiences of a select number of English-speaking countries. By contrast, Cameroon is a Francophone majority country that reintroduced multiparty politics in the early 1990s but continues to exhibit significant authoritarian tendencies. This article provides a longitudinal analysis of Cameroon's National Assembly and builds on a unique biographical dataset of over 900 members of parliament between 1973 and 2019. The article describes changes in the structure and orientation of the legislature as well as the social profile of its members, in particular following the transition to multipartyism. While the legislature in Cameroon remains primarily a tool of political control, it is more dynamic, and the mechanisms used to manage elites within the context of complex multiethnic politics have evolved.

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Section: The Institutional Evolution Of the Legislature In Cameroonmentioning

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The legislature as political control: change and continuity in Cameroon's National Assembly (1973–2019)

Morse

2021

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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“…Six opposition newspapers, including Bebey Eyidi's L'opinion au Cameroun, were suppressed. 26 Following the so-called independence of Cameroon under French administration on 1 January 1960 emergency regimes appeared under section 20 of the constitution of 4 March 1960 and were renamed "state of emergency" and "state of exception". On 8 March 1960 Ahidjo decreed a state of emergency within eleven troubled divisions of the country for a period of four months, which was renewable indefinitely.…”

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Starting the Emergency Process: Some Reflections on Presidential Prerogatives in South Africa and Cameroon in Time of Turmoil

Kamga¹

2016

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Negotiating Federalism: How Ready Were Cameroonian Leaders before the February 1961 United Nations Plebiscites?

Awasom¹

2002

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des étud

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Politics and Constitution-Making in Francophone Cameroon, 1959-1960

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

The legislature as political control: change and continuity in Cameroon's National Assembly (1973–2019)

The legislature as political control: change and continuity in Cameroon's National Assembly (1973–2019)

Starting the Emergency Process: Some Reflections on Presidential Prerogatives in South Africa and Cameroon in Time of Turmoil

Negotiating Federalism: How Ready Were Cameroonian Leaders before the February 1961 United Nations Plebiscites?

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