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University Crisis and Student Protests in Africa. The 2005 -2006 University Students' Strike in Cameroon (Paperback)
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University Crisis and Student Protests in Africa. The 2005 -2006 University Students' Strike in Cameroon (Paperback)
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Faced with a deepening crisis in their universities, African
students have demonstrated a growing activism and militancy. They
have been engaged in numerous, often violent, strikes for
improvements in their deteriorating living and study conditions and
the introduction of a democratic culture in the universities and
society as a whole, including the right to express their views,
organise in student unions and participate in university
management. This book focuses on a recent violent strike action in
Cameroon's state universities, with special attention to the
University of Buea - the only English-speaking university in the
country between 1993 and 2011. Such a detailed study on student
strikes is still rare in African studies, and maybe even more
important, this book pays special attention to certain elements
that have been of great significance to the strike but are often
overlooked in narratives of other student actions in Africa, namely
the use of cell phones, differences in gender roles of student
activists, the religious dimensions of the strike, the central role
of some public spaces like bars and caf s for the planning and
execution of student strikes, and the power of the photocopier. The
book goes far beyond simply documenting the various protest actions
of students against the state and university authorities. It also
provides ample room for comments from journalists and other
civil-society members and groups on various aspects of the strike.
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