Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon. A Study of National Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse (1949-2009)

Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

Description

This meticulous and comprehensive documentation of Cameroonian Youth Day Messages and leadership discourse on youth from 1949 - 2009 is a gold mine for researchers, historians and anyone interested in studying youth, politics and society in Africa. The book presents and explores themes and content of Youth Day Messages: how these messages tied in with, or veered away from, key events and issues of the time; how they served as a platform for West Cameroon governments, and the Ahidjo and Biya regimes to articulate their political vision, justify their policies, sell their respective ideologies to the youth; and what lessons could be drawn from them on competing, conflicting and complementary perspectives on youth agency in Cameroon and Africa. Churchill links the Youth Day to ongoing discussions in Africa about the role and place of youths as agents of development in Africa. Most significantly, he finally puts Cameroon's controversial Youth Day in its appropriate historical context - not as a political device created by the Francophone politicians to distort Cameroonian history and erase 'plebiscite day' from the collective memory as Anglophone nationalists claim, but as a British Cameroons colonial legacy, successfully sold to the Ahidjo regime as a day to be commemorated throughout the federation, by leaders of the federated state of West Cameroon. Churchill Ewumbue-Monono, a senior career diplomat, is Minister Counsellor in the Cameroon Embassy in Moscow. A graduate of the International Higher School of Journalism, and the International Relations Institute of Cameroon in the University of Yaounde, he was a 1991-92 Fellow in Public Diplomacy in Boston University, USA. He has served in Cameroon in various professional capacities. Ewumbue-Monono has written extensively on Cameroon's political history, and his books include Men of Courage, published in 2005.

Sujets

• Sociology

Informations

• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 15 juillet 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789956717521
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Youth and Nation- Building in Cameroon A Study of National Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse (1949-2009)

Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

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Churchill Ewumbue-Monono Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon: A Study of National Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse (1949-2009)

Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon

A Study of National Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse (1949-2009)

By Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

Langaa Research & Publishing CIG Mankon,Bamenda

Publisher: Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Region Cameroon [e-mail] www.langaa-rpcig.net

Distributed outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com

Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press [e-mail] www.msupress.msu.edu

DISCLAIMER

ISBN: 995655832X

© Churchill Ewumbue-Monono 2009

All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Langaa RPCIG.

Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon

Content

African Youth Charter Anthem ................................................................. ix Preface ........................................................................................................ xi Prologue ................................................................................................... xiii

Part One The International and National Policy Framework for Youth Governance 1. The Global Concern for Youth Governance and the Youth Day ..................... 3 1.1: The Youth Day as a Policy Advocacy Tool ............................................. 6

2. Youth Policy and the Youth Day in Cameroon: 1949-2009 ................................ 7 2.1: The Colonial Period: 1960-1960 .............................................................. 7 2.2: The Cameroon Federation Period: 1961-1972 ...................................... 8 2.3: The Ahidjo Unitary State Period: 1972-1982 ....................................... 10 2.4: The One-Party Democracy New Deal Period: 1982-1992 ............... 11 2.5: Youth Governance and the New Democratic Order (1992-2009) ................................................................................................ 12 2.6: The National Youth Day and Policy Articulation in Cameroon ....... 14 2.7: Youth Day Themes and Leadership Ideology ..................................... 18 2.8: Influences on Choice of Youth Day Themes ...................................... 21

Part Two Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse: 1949-2009 3. The Empire Day and Commonwealth Youth Day Messages: 1949-1961 ................................................................................................................ 25 3.1: Commissioner’s Address to the Youths on Empire Day, 1949 ........ 25 3.2: Address to the Youths by Commissioner of the Cameroons on Empire Day, Buea, 1951 .................................................................... 26 3.3: Address by the Acting Commissioner of the Cameroons, Mr. J.S Dudding, on the Occasion of the First Commonwealth Youth Day, Buea, 2 June 1957 ................................................................ 26

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4. The West Cameroon Youth Day Messages: 1964-1966 ..................................... 29 4.1: Address by the Prime Minister for West Cameroon, Hon. J.N Foncha, on the Inauguration of Youth Day in West Cameroon, Buea, 11 February, 1964 ...................................................... 29 4.2: Addressed by the President of the Republic to the Youths of West Cameroon on the Occasion of the Youth Day Inaugural Celebration, Yaounde, 11 February 1964 .............................................. 35 4.3: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. J.N Foncha on the Occasion of the Youth Day in West Cameroon, Buea, 11 February, 1965 ...................................................... 36 4.4: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. A.N Jua on the Occasion of the 1st National Youth Day Celebrations, Buea, 11 February 1966 ................................................... 40 4.5: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. A.N Jua on the Occasion of 1st National Youth Day, Buea, 11 February 1967 ............................................................................ 44 4.6: Address by the President of the Republic, Ahmadou Ahidjo on the Occasion of the 1st National Youth Day, Buea, 11 February 1967 ............................................................................ 49

5. President Ahidjo’s National Youth Day Messages: 1968-1982 ......................... 51 5.1: Address by President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 3rd National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1968 ..................................................................... 51 5.2: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 4th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1969 ..................................................................... 53 5.3: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 5th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1970 ..................................................................... 56 5.4: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 6th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1971 ..................................................................... 59 5.5: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 6th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1972 ..................................................................... 63

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5.6: Address by H.E the Vice President of the Republic, Prime Minister of West Cameroon and Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of Cameroon, 8 February 1972 .............................................. 65 5.7: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 7th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 13 February 1973 .................................................................. 69 5.8: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 8th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 12 February 1974 .................................................................. 72 5.9: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 9th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1975 .................................................................. 75 5.10: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 10th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1976 .................................................................. 78 5.11: Address the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 11th Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1977 .................................................................. 82 5.12: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 12th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1978 .................................................................. 86 5.13: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 13th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1979 .................................................................. 89 5.14: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 14th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1980 .................................................................. 92 5.15: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 15th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1981 .................................................................. 95 5.16: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 16th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1982 .................................................................. 99

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6. President Biya’s New Deal Messages to the Youth: 1983-1991 ...................... 103 6.1: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 17th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1983 ................................................................... 103 6.2: Address by the President of Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 18th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1984 ................................................................... 106 6.3: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 19th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1985 ................................................................... 108 6.4: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 20th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1986 ................................................................... 110 6.5: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 21st National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1987 ................................................................... 111 6.6: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 22nd National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1988 ................................................................... 113 6.7: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 23rd National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1989 ................................................................... 115 6.8: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 24th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1990 ................................................................... 117

7. President Biya’s Democratic Cameroon’s Youth Day Messages: 1991-2008 .............................................................................................................. 121 7.1: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 25th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1991 ................................................................... 121 7.2: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 26th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10th February 1992 ............................................................... 124 7.3: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 27th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1993 ................................................................... 125

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7.4: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 28th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1994 ................................................................ 127 7.5: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 29th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1995 ................................................................ 129 7.6: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 30th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10th February 1996 ............................................................. 131 7.7: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 31st National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1997 ................................................................ 133 7.8: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 32nd National Youth Day, Yaounde 10 February 1998 ................................................................. 134 7.9: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 33rd National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1999 ................................................................ 137 7.10: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 34th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 2000 ................................................................ 139 7.11: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 35th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 2001 ................................................................ 141 7.12: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 36th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 2002 ................................................................ 143 7.13: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 37th National Youth Day Yaounde, 11 February 2003 ................................................................ 146 7.14: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 38th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 2004 ................................................................ 149 7.15: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 39th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 2005 ................................................................ 153

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