A highly respected Cameroonian intellectual and one of the leading thinkers in African studies, Achille Mbembe, has argued that democratic change cannot come to Cameroon through the ballot box. Bewailing the extent to which the Biya regime has gone to manipulate the reform process in Cameroon, Mbembe points out that change can only come "through an armed rebellion spearheaded or not by a political
organization or by foreign forces (as was the case in Cote d’Ivoire);
through the natural death or assassination of the autocrat; or even
through a coup de force by dissident elements within the army.
Beyond that, all paths to a peaceful change initiated by Cameroonians
themselves are blocked."
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As an intellectual Mbembe should propose better solutions than an armed rebellion or political organisation organised by foreign forces to bring about change in Cameroon.
As an intellectual Mbembe should propose better solutions than an armed rebellion or political organisation organised by foreign forces to bring about change in Cameroon. I wonder how an intellectual can be advocating for a downpour of violence on his own country.
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