Ngwane, George. 2012. The Cameroon Condition. Kansas, Missouri: Miraclaire Publishers. 240 pages. Available online at Createspace. ($20.00)
Preface by Chief Charles A.Taku:
I am pleased to provide this preface to ‘The Cameroonian Condition’ which is a collection of previously acclaimed publications by George Ngwane, that include, ‘The Mungo Bridge' (on the West and East Cameroon divide), The Anglophone file (on the North West / South West Regions relations) and Fragments of Unity (on the problem with the South West Region of Cameroon).
The publication of ‘The Cameroonian Condition’ is informed by popular demand as much as by the need to put the reality of the issues succinctly explored in the publications within their rightful perspective. The Question then arises, why is there a popular request for a compendium of these publications and at this point in time? Why a desire to place the issues raised in these publications in their rightful perspective? I respectfully provide the answers hereunder.
The popular demand for the publication of this volume arose from the fact that the publications in this volume, were widely read. Then and now, the publications separately or in aggregate aroused agitated public interest with varied reactions.
The Mungo Bridge, the most popular of the publications, was a serious indictment of the tenuous relations between the Republic of Cameroon and the Southern Cameroons. With this publication, George Ngwane became one of the very few committed writers to make a serious attempt at initiating a civil and dispassionate debate on the failed state of the union between the Republic of Cameroon and the Southern Cameroons which many saw at inception as a model for Africa unity. The writer raised not only hard questions but provided critical solutions.
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