RAMBLE in the JUNGLE

The Cameroons

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• Resolution 1608 (XV)

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jun 2013 · The Cameroons

  Take the State of former British Southern Cameroons out of the République du Cameroun algebra, and the equation solves itself.

  Tags: un-resolution, bilingual-tv, sdf-cpdm

• Camerounese Senate?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 17 Mar 2013 · The Cameroons

  Dismantling our House of Chiefs in 1972 was a deliberate move to destabilise the very foundation of our families and communities.

  Tags: house-of-chiefs, institutions, 1972

• One No Kamerun?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 16 Mar 2013 · The Cameroons

  You can totally have a One Kamerun dream, but you cannot force a supposedly free people into a dream just because you can.

  Tags: one-kamerun, self-rule, bad-faith

• Best leg forward

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 15 Mar 2013 · The Cameroons

  The best leg forward for Cameroun is a reset: two states, with two different systems, living side by side.

  Tags: restoration, common-law, indirect-rule, two-states

• Only the Truth …

  Wanaku Verdzekov · 12 Mar 2013 · The Cameroons

  The children are watching, as you play or refuse to play on the side of truth.

  Tags: decolonization, un, truth, youth

• alcoholism in the cameroons

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  When the law-makers are the law-breakers, you tell me, what to do?

  Tags: alcohol, public-health, accountability

• Cultural Osmosis

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The osmosis WILL happen. The question is whether the community is in step with, and in control of, the changes.

  Tags: assimilation, identity, culture

• D.O. on the rampage in Tiko

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The people have the power. The D.O. has no power without the people.

  Tags: 1972, restoration, people-power

• Forceful coexistence of parallel cultures

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  We are witnessing the forceful coexistence of parallel cultures, with no real institutions to produce a resulting culture.

  Tags: oral-vs-literate, contracts, systems

• Francophones – stay in your own lane

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Truth is in the details. When faced with the truth, some forget the details, only to meet the truth again around the bend.

  Tags: francophone, anglophone, cultural-osmosis

• Leave the People Alone!

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Local communities should be able to run their own affairs without interference from agents who do not belong to them.

  Tags: bilingualism, local-government, decentralisation

• NorthWest/SouthWest Put to Rest

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  When you give birth to a child, do you wait for a stranger to come and name it?

  Tags: naming, identity, leadership

• People – Power of Decision

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The only power the people have is the power of decision: to drink or not to drink.

  Tags: beer, economy, sobriety

• Policy Not Charity

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  When you have police working in a context with no policy, the algebra does not add up.

  Tags: policy, constitution, institutions

• post-restoration notes

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Knowledge is power. Power is with the people. But a people without knowledge is powerless.

  Tags: restoration, skills, truth, literacy

• rooms small

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Humans have the same hardware. What is different is the software: CULTURE.

  Tags: african-time, decolonization, youth-expression

• Trapped!

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  We have all the tools to release ourselves from this trap. What is the hold-up?

  Tags: trap, strategy

• Wallowing in Ambiguity

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  It is not enough to cry out "Help!" and expect the world to come running. We must learn to smith our words.

  Tags: ambiguity, statelessness, literacy, record-keeping

• We the People Have Work to Do

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  If we wait for solutions from "above", our children's children will not even be in the picture.

  Tags: cpdm, organising, literacy, secession-label

• What is happening on the ground?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  A decent culture does not happen by accident.

  Tags: politricks, culture, obfuscation