Why recognition? Deciphering justice claims in 2016 Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon

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ID3621764
AuthorsNancy Ngum Achu (0000-0002-3230-3298, Near East University, corresponding author), Assel Tutumlu (0000-0001-8408-0754, Near East University)
Year2023
Volume49
Issue3
Pages499-517
Publication date2023-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02533952.2023.2267767
OpenAlexW4387670933
LanguageEN
References cited26

Scholars attribute the 2016 Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon to systematic marginalisation of the English-speaking minority whose rights are constitutionally guaranteed but remain violated. However, marginalisation fails to explain why the peaceful-Independent Anglophone Elites (IAEs), consisting of lawyers, teachers, civil society organisations and Anglophone associations at home and abroad, who stood behind the 2016 Crisis, refused to bolster claims over economic redistribution or political representation. Instead, in 2016 they chose to engage in the struggle for self-determination and recognition of the Anglophone identity. Through Nancy Fraser's identity model and in-depth interviews with IAEs, we show that they perceived the recognition claim and a return to a federal state as a guarantee not only to the survival of the IAEs, but also to the solution of other forms of injustices, such as misrepresentation, misrecognition, and maldistribution

Criminology · Economic Justice · Media studies · Misrepresentation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cambodian History and Society · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law

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