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
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 3475-3490, June 2026.
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. ...