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Auteur.e.s : Innocent Atehghang AFUHNGHANG,  .

Titre : The grievances theory versus transnationalism and the Cameroon anglophone question: from 1961 to 2017

Résumé
The internationalization of the Anglophone Question in Cameroon is likely a common feature of the advent of the social media. The Anglophone Question in Cameroon has been a problem of poor constitutional arrangements that can be traced to 1961 when the former French Cameroon reunified with former British Southern Cameroons following a plebiscite in which the latter overwhelmingly voted to reunify with the former. Though Southern/Anglophone Cameroons complained of perceived marginalization and an attempt by the majority French section to assimilate them, the manifestation was subtle and took place only through protests, petitions, strike movements and demonstrations. However, with the advent of the social media, a new cream of leaders emerged in the diaspora, including the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East to champion the manifestations leading to violence and conflicts that have bedeviled the regions since 2017. The feeling of political subjugation, economic exploitation, social suppression and cultural assimilation among a cross section of Anglophone Cameroonians united them under diaspora leaders against the government of Cameroon, calling for the creation of a separate state for Anglophones. The Grievances Theory Versus Transnationalism and the Cameroon Anglophone Question: From 1961 to 2017, analyzes the current Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon within the light of the Grievance Theory and Transnationalism. The paper makes appeal to field experience, interviews, official sources, documentation and the internet to succor its central thesis. From the fertility of its sources, the paper submits that social media is a potent source of conflicts and makes nonsense of the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity by its capacity to promote transnational manifestation of grievances

Publié dans le numéro 1 le (05 – 2026), 14/05/2026