Claiming Sovereignty Through Equestrian Spectacle in Northern Cameroon

Author(s):  
Mark Dike DeLancey
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armel Zacharie Ekoa Bessa ◽  
John S. Armstrong-Altrin ◽  
Gentry Calistus Fuh ◽  
Thierry Bineli Betsi ◽  
Tebogo Kelepile ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110638
Author(s):  
Baskouda S.K. Shelley

Using the example of neotoponyms proliferation in Tokombéré (Northern Cameroon) between 1970 and 2011, this paper questions the banal tactics of naming places as a site of public patriarchy contestation. In fact, young people play a crucial role in reinventing local political power forms of interpellation, which enables them to symbolically reappropriate the space. This helps to establish their presence in the public sphere from which they have been side-lined by social elders. Even though it reflects a political expression, the fact remains that the attribution of toponyms does not really help to reverse their domination into social field.


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