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Economic Diversification among the Cattle Mbororo in the Bamenda Grasslands of Cameroon, 1916 -2021

Diversification has become one of the hallmarks towards development in different aspects ofsociety. The Mbororo who migrated into the Bamenda Grasslands during the 20th century were often tagged asFulani normadists based on their cattle rearing activities which necessitated constant displacement in searchof pasture. Certain exigencies had influenced a diversification by the Mbororo in the Bamenda…

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Implication of the Mankon Diaspora in the Social Transformation of Bamenda, Cameroon, 1961-2021

The presence of large numbers of Mankon indigenous people in the United States of America,Canada, Britain, Germany, China and other countries constitutes a substantial source of development in thehomeland funded through remittances. The extent to which migrant Mankon communities reconnect with theirhome community in terms of visible and viable socio-economic contributions provides room for a…

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“When the Center Can no Longer Hold”: Crisis and Schism in the Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League (CamCCUL),2006-2020

Abstract:The split in the Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League (CamCCUL) in 2013 partly suggest acollapse in the strands of federating principles on which the credit union management bond was spun. Theofficial mission of CamCCUL was to promote the interest of member credit unions in all aspects ofmanagement. The scheme and eventual modification of the bylaws…

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Prisons in Anglophone Cameroon: Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Prisoners

The Prison Service in British Southern Cameroons had a constitutional mandate to provide rehabilitation programmeswith the goal of transforming the conduct and welfare of prisoners. To deliver this mandate, the Prison Service this articleexplores the transformation and rehabilitation of prisoners in the British Southern Cameroons prison service whichincorporates various types of social and economic activities….

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COVID 19 Immunization (Vaccine) Reticence and Traditional Healthcare Resilience among the Mbororos of the North-West Region (Cameroon), 2020-2022

Western societies such as the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom among many received newsof vaccines as a revolutionary phase to complement extant barrier strategies like social distances and respect forhygienic conditions to curb the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic while some communities cast doubts onthe genuineness of the scheme. Among…

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The Politics of German Cultural Heritage in Post- Independence Cameroon: Efforts to Protect and Safeguard in Times of Uncertainty

Colonial cultural heritage and institutions are thought to be an important determinate of post-independence levels of political, economic and social development. German cultural heritage and institutions are more durable, useful and survived more than those of Britain, France or other colonizers. This paper revisits the history of tangible and intangible German cultural heritage in Cameroon….

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Private Higher Education Initiatives in the North West and SouthWest Regions (Cameroon) 1994-2020: Development and Promotion of Quality Professional Studies

The 1993 Higher Education Reforms and the 1995 National Forum on Education, broughtremarkable changes in the provision of advanced education in Cameroon. The 1993 Reforms produced sixpublic universities and greatly emphasized on the need to orientate university education towardsprofessionalisation. Though the reform emphasized on professionalisation, the newly created Universities didnot quickly adjust their programmes to…

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Economic Backlash on the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) at the End of British Rule in Southern Cameroons, 1961-1968

The Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) was created in 1946 and went operational in 1947 through the enactment of two important ordinances by the government of Nigeria. As an agro-industrial company, the principal objective at inception was the management of the ex-German plantations in Cameroon for the welfare of the workers in particular, and the inhabitants…

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