Ruben Um Nyobe

This chapter focuses on the biography of Ruben Um Nyobe, a leading figure in colonial French Cameroun. He led the fight against French colonial rule from 1948, when he was at the centre of the formation of Union des Population du Camerounais (UPC), to 1958 when he was killed by French colonial forces. The chapter shows that his life was confronted with drastic changes in his environment, changes which saw him joining an opposition party against the French colonial administration and which were finally accompanied by conflict and the rupturing of the status quo ante. I position the chapter within the concept of radicalization-a slippery term depending on who uses it and in what context, and whose usage has provoked lively debates in academic discourse. Recently there has been an upsurge of Muslim fanatics who claim they want to purify the faith. Western politicians as well as scholars have come to brand these groups of Muslims as jihadist terrorists, and the word 'radicalization' has become central and almost a buzz word, connoting for people the 'other'. Consequently, in most academic discourse and debate the word has become synonymous with reasons for violent action, terrorism, and actions opposed to democratic values as upheld by Western powers. However, the definition of the concept is more neutral that this, and its meaning is rather debatable, as I will show in this chapter

Colonialism · Democracy · Faith · Political science · Politics · Population · Radicalization · Sociology · Terrorism · Theology · African Studies and Geopolitics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

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