The Instrumentalization of Traditional Authority in Cameroon: Neopatrimonialism, Political Patronage, and Democratic Undermining
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Published online on October 28, 2025
Abstract
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This paper argues that since 2016, amid the Anglophone Crisis, the Cameroonian state’s co-optation of traditional authority in the Northwest and Southwest regions has reinforced a patronage-based political order that obstructs democratic consolidation. ...
This paper argues that since 2016, amid the Anglophone Crisis, the Cameroonian state’s co-optation of traditional authority in the Northwest and Southwest regions has reinforced a patronage-based political order that obstructs democratic consolidation. ...