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Why do authorities in post-colonial African states continue to employ European or Western planning models? What are the implications for different societal groups of adopting such models? Several decades following independence, this volume provides in-depth empirical research to uncover the answers to such questions. The book focuses in particular on Cameroon, the only African country to have been colonised by three different European powers: Germany, Britain and France. It discusses the nature of the state in peripheral capitalist countries and sets current planning and land use policies in their historical, colonial and post-colonial contexts. The author then proceeds to examine key planning issues such as housing, land ownership, sustainable development, environmental and waste management, transportation, infrastructure and gender. In addition to analyzing the impact of colonialism and imperialism on the built environment in Cameroon in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general, the book also addresses global issues about urbanism and will be particularly relevant to those interested in planning, regional studies and development, and development geography. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 7779 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fostering women's participation in development through non-governmental efforts in cameroon.
Author: Lotsmart Fonjong
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 167Issue: 3Page: 223(12)

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Cameroon, in Central Africa, has been called Africa in miniature. It is characterized by exceptional social and ethnic diversity, with more than 250 ethnicities now forming five major regional-culture groupings. This volume is the first to encapsulate Cameroon's rich indigenous and modern customs and traditions in depth. The narrative emphasizes those aspects that define its modern nation, its peoples, the unique societies, their institutions, and various lifestyles. The origins of Cameroon's diverse culture are traced back to the various ethnic groups and languages as well as the influence of European colonialism, Christianity, Islam, and other external factors, including globalization. In each topical chapter, examples from ethnic groups are presented to give some sense of the variety of experiences.

Cameroon has had a turbulent and eventful modern history with German, English, and French incursions, and students and general readers will be able to understand the current struggle for democracy post independence. The history colors the substantial coverage of the many topics examined, from education, to marriage and women's roles, sports, and holidays, daily life, the arts, and much more. This volume will stand as the definitive, accessible introduction to Cameroon and will be essential for building a well-rounded Africa collection.

Customer Reviews (3)

Better service than the College Bookstore!
I order this book online when my college bookstore told me they wouldn't be getting in more books in.Not only was purchasing this book from Amazon cheaper but it arrived in just a few days!

Great source of information
This is a great source of information on the people and culture of Cameroon. A great beginners guide for people who haven't had a chance to visit Cameroon yet.

Very good, no maps
This is the best book I have seen so far about the cultures and customs of Cameroon. There are over 250 ethnic groups in Cameroon. The mixture of the old and the new is very difficult to unravel. The author does a remarkable job of presenting the complexities of life in Cameroon. The author's description is in agreement with my experience with the life in the Cameroon Grasslands. I highly recommend this book. The only drawback is the lack of maps. ... Read more

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Given that unlike most subjects of other natural sciences, soils on the landscape are not discrete and well-defined entities, but a continuum, their identification and classification after more than 100 years of soil science has remained a contentious issue. This resulted in the development of many rival/parallel classification systems in many countries in both Europe and the Americas. Recently, in 1998 the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) proposed a new soil correlation system: the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) which was officially endorsed by all soil scientists, which may solve this particular age old problem. In the main time in the tropics, especially Africa, and particularly Cameroon, three main soil classification systems are currently in use: the US Soil Taxonomy, FAO-Unesco Soil Legend (now the WRB) and the French CPCS systems.

Thus, a good understanding of these three systems is necessary for the correlation of the large amount of documented work in those systems for proper technology transfer in the tropics.. This book examines these three systems in great detail and arrives at a rough correlation among them. As a way forward, since a large amount of the analytical data produced in most laboratories in the developing countries have low reliability threshold for exploitation, it proposes some methods to cross-check analytical data quality before use, as this is central to any meaningful work on soil inventory.

A good synthesis is made of the interrelationships of the factors of soil formation and the main pedogenic processes and how they have helped shape the development of soils in place. Most of this data is collated into a systematic description of the soils in Cameroon, including their classification, origin, genesis, morphological, physical, mineralogical, and chemical properties and the potential management options.

This work is a good synthesis of previous studies on soils of Cameroon up to the present, prepared in a manner that, apart from the student body for whom it is targeted, will appeal to environmentalists, researchers, teachers, agronomists, farmers, policy makers, and those interested in tropical soil science.

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The Centre Region occupies 69,000 km² of the central plainsof the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north bythe Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, tothe east by the East Region, and to the West by theLittoral and West Regions. It is the second largest ofCameroon's regions in land area. Major ethnic groupsinclude the Bassa, Ewondo, and Vute. Yaoundé, capital ofCameroon, is at the heart of the Centre, drawing peoplefrom the rest of the country to live and work there. TheCentre's towns are also important industrial centres,especially for timber. Agriculture is another importanteconomic factor, especially with regard to the province'smost important cash crop, cocoa. Outside of the capital andthe plantation zones, most inhabitants are sustenancefarmers. ... Read more

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The East Region occupies the southeastern portion of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the east by the Central African Republic, to the south by Congo, to the north by the Adamawa Region, and to the west by the Centre and South Regions. With 109,011 km² of territory, it is the largest region in the nation as well as the most sparsely populated. Historically, the peoples of the East have been settled in Cameroonian territory for longer than any other of the country's many ethnic groups, the first inhabitants being the Baka (or Babinga) pygmies. The East Region has very little industry, its main commerce consisting of logging, timber, and mining. Instead, the bulk of its inhabitants are subsistence farmers. The region is thus of little political import and is often ignored by Cameroonian politicians. This coupled with the low level of development in the province have led to its being dubbed "the forgotten province". ... Read more

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The Far North Region (Far North Province until 2008), also known as the Extreme North Region (from French Province de l'Extrême-Nord), is the northernmost constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region to the south, Chad to the east, and Nigeria to the west. The capital is Maroua. The province is one of Cameroon's most culturally diverse. Over 50 different ethnic groups populate the area, including the Shuwa Arabs, Fulani, and Kapsiki. Most educated inhabitants speak French, and the Fulani language, Fulfulde, is a common lingua franca. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, published by University of Denver on June 22, 1998. The length of the article is 6378 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An alternate role for the International Court of Justice: applied to Cameroon v. Nigeria.
Author: Joe C. Irwin
Publication: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 1998
Publisher: University of Denver
Volume: 26Issue: 4Page: 759

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Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo. ... Read more

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Amusing book

Gerald Durrell writes about his exploits with animals in a very amusing style

A High Point in the History of Nature Memoirs
This review relates to the hardback first edition.

A hit when published, and still in print, this memoir records the adventures of Durrell and zoologist John Yealland, in their collecting expedition to the Cameroons -- a trip designed and financed by these two intrepid men from scratch.

Durrell, then 28, was dubbed "the youngest zoological collector in Great Britain." And both Yealland and Durrell, according to publisher Viking, were "as green as the jungles ahead of them." Here is how Viking pitched the tale on the dustcover of the 1st American edition: "Being the wonderful account of an expedition by two young naturalists to the rain forests of the Cameroons to collect rare animals and birds for British zoos; in which you will meet (among others) such diverting characters as two notably unheroic native hunters, some lovable duikers, a fabulously ingratiating chimpanzee named Chumley, and a giant water shrew known as the Fossil That Bit. A book so knowledgeful, humorous and modest that you wil long remember it as a reading experience of a particular enchantment."

Cute.

However, this undersells Durrell's power as a writer. One expects him to be a naturalist of enthusiasm, but a passage like this speaks to his narrative maturity...

"The most notable feature of the forest was the innumerable tiny streams, shallow and clear, that meandered their way in an intricate and complicated pattern across its floor. Glinting and coiling round the smooth brown boulders, sweeping in curves to form the snow-white sandbanks, busily hollowing out the earth from under the grasping tree roots, simmering and chuckling, they went into the dark depths of the forest. They chattered and frothed importantly in diminutive waterfalls and scooped out deep placid pools in the sandstone, where the blue and red fish, the pink crabs, and the small gaudy frogs lived."

And that is just half of a remarkable description that moves on to describe these streams in the dry season, connecting them to more fauna and flora, a chunk of prose highly biological and highly poetic. Damn!

A High Point in the History of Scientific Memoirs
This review relates to the hardback first edition.

A hit when published, and still in print, this memoir records the adventures of Durrell and zoologist John Yealland, in their collecting expedition to the Cameroons -- a trip designed and financed by these two intrepid men from scratch.

Durrell, then 28, was dubbed "the youngest zoological collector in Great Britain." And both Yealland and Durrell, according to publisher Viking, were "as green as the jungles ahead of them." Here is how Viking pitched the tale on the dustcover of the 1st American edition: "Being the wonderful account of an expedition by two young naturalists to the rain forests of the Cameroons to collect rare animals and birds for British zoos; in which you will meet (among others) such diverting characters as two notably unheroic native hunters, some lovable duikers, a fabulously ingratiating chimpanzee named Chumley, and a giant water shrew known as the Fossil That Bit. A book so knowledgeful, humorous and modest that you wil long remember it as a reading experience of a particular enchantment."

Cute.

However, this undersells Durrell's power as a writer. One expects him to be a naturalist of enthusiasm, but a passage like this speaks to his narrative maturity...

"The most notable feature of the forest was the innumerable tiny streams, shallow and clear, that meandered their way in an intricate and complicated pattern across its floor. Glinting and coiling round the smooth brown boulders, sweeping in curves to form the snow-white sandbanks, busily hollowing out the earth from under the grasping tree roots, simmering and chuckling, they went into the dark depths of the forest. They chattered and frothed importantly in diminutive waterfalls and scooped out deep placid pools in the sandstone, where the blue and red fish, the pink crabs, and the small gaudy frogs lived."

And that is just half of a remarkable description that moves on to describe these streams in the dry season, connecting them to more fauna and flora, a chunk of prose highly biological and highly poetic. Damn!

Sheer delight
This was the first of Gerald Durrell's (yes, he's the kid brother of novelist Lawrence--who appears in several of his other works, such as My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts, and Relatives) long string of animal books that I ever encountered, and over the next 30-odd years my mother and I literally read our copy to pieces.Durrell was the youngest collector ever commissioned when he set off for the British Cameroons in search, chiefly, of the less spectacular examples of African fauna.With a mixture of near-lyricism, earthiness, and the kind of humor that will have you gasping for breath, he describes the people he met (primarily native villagers), the creatures he caught (and how he did it), and the land it all took place in.Even at this early date, long before his famous Jersey Island zoo was more than a faint gleam in his eye, his deep love of nature shines out on every page, and he's an author every animal fan should know.(Don't miss the tale of his next expedition, The Bafut Beagles, which is equally as good.)

Still enjoyable nearly forty years on
This book is about a business that, for the most part, no longer exists - the business of collecting animals for display in zoos. Wildlife conservation has changed a lot since then so the kind of expedition that Gerald Durrell and his companion, John, undertook in 1953, described in this book, just could not happen now.

Gerald describes how he and John spent several months in Cameroon collecting a variety of animals, birds and reptiles and some of the adventures they had, including the triumphs and disappointments. He acknowledges right at the beginning that the expedition may seem more exciting than it really was, because all the boring aspects have been omitted. Even so, there were enough exciting moments to fill this book.

He describes some of the local people, who he mostly got on well with - but of course he did have some problems and we are told about these. He describes some of the creatures he collected, and the disappointment when some died or escaped.

My favorite (both at school and now) was a chimpanzee that had already been domesticated. Gerald was asked to look after him before he could be shipped to London. This was no ordinary chimpanzee, as he not only enjoyed smoking cigarettes but was able to light his own using either matches or lighter, and also displayed other characteristics more normally associated with people than with chimpanzees. Always remember that this was 1953.

This is a highly entertaining book, which I first read at school, where it was compulsory reading - and it was the only such book that I enjoyed. I still enjoyed it when I read it again recently, after discovering (to my surprise) that it is still available in the UK. ... Read more

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A longstanding debate on health system organization relates to the benefits of integrating programs that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access and improve health outcomes. This debate has long been characterized by polarization of views and ideologies, with protagonists for and against integration arguing relative merits of each approach. Recently, the debate has been rekindled due to substantial rises in externally-funded programs for priority health, nutrition, and population (HNP) interventions and an increase in international efforts aimed at health system strengthening.However, all too frequently these arguments have not been based on hard evidence. In this book we present findings of a systematic review that explores a broad range of evidence on: (i) the extent and nature of integration of targeted health programs that emphasize specific interventions into critical health systems functions; (ii) how the integration or non-integration of health programs into critical health systems functions in different contexts have influenced program success; and (iii) how contextual factors have affected the extent to which these programs were integrated into critical health systems functions. The findings provide a new synthesis of evidence to inform the debate on health systems and targeted interventions. In practice a rich mix of solutions exists. While the discussion on the relative merits of integrating health interventions will no doubt continue, discussions should move away from the highly-reductionist approach that has polarized this debate. ... Read more

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First published in 1855, this is an account of a British government-financed expedition to further European commercial interests in West Africa. It details the surveying of sites for future missions which has a profound effect on the history of Southern Nigeria. ... Read more