*Call for Papers (submission of paper proposals via conference website)*

European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)
Edinburgh, 12-14 June 2019

Panel (His21): Disruption and continuity in Cameroon: the Anglophone crisis
https://www.nomadit.co.uk/ecas/ecas2019/conferencesuite.php/panels/7649

Convenors:
Michaela Pelican (University of Cologne)
Ben Page (University College, London)

Short abstract

The panel aims to analyse the history and complexity of the current 
situation in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. It also aims to discuss 
'lessons learned' from academics working on similar conflicts in other 
parts of Africa, and how they may facilitate a process of dialogue.
Long abstract

The Anglophone regions have been in a state of violent unrest since 
October 2015. This began with lawyers and teachers protesting against 
the erosion of the special status for law and education in the 
Anglophone regions. The national government responded high-handedly, 
arrested and jailed some of the protesters whom they accused of 
terrorism. This generated new protests and violence and enabled 
advocates of secession to move from the periphery to the centre of the 
debate both in the region and in the diaspora. Since then military force 
has met rebel force; violence and extortion have become commonplace. 
Tens of thousands of villagers have been internally displaced or have 
taken refuge in Nigeria. In October Paul Biya, who is 85 and who has 
been President since 1982, was re-elected, in an election marred by 
allegations of intimidation and fraud.

The panel aims to analyse the history and complexity of the current 
situation. It also aims to discuss how academics, local stakeholders, 
African neighbours and the international community might launch a 
process of dialogue, taking inspiration from similar conflicts in other 
parts of Africa.

Possible topics:
- Current position of the government
- Francophone perspectives on the crisis
- Motivations and profile of the rebel forces (Amba boys)
- Involvement of the diaspora
- Ethnicization of the conflict (with respect to the Mbororo)
- Internal displacement and humanitarian aid
-'Lessons learned' from academics working on similar conflicts (e.g. 
Eritrea, Somaliland or South Sudan)

Deadline for abstract submission is January 21, 2019, at 11pm (CET).
Submission of paper proposals via conference website.

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Prof. Dr. Michaela Pelican
Fellow at the “Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies – Genesis, Dynamics and Mediality of Cultural Figurations”
(October 2018 to April 2019)
Internationales Kolleg Morphomata, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany
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University of Cologne, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology
Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany
phone: +49 (0)221-470-3515
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website: www.michaela-pelican.com

Recent publications:
Damir-Geilsdorf, Sabine and Michaela Pelican. 2018. Between regular and irregular employment:
Subverting the kafala system in the GCC countries, Migration and Development, DOI: 10.1080/21632324.2018.1479215

Pelican, Michaela. 2018. Different trajectories of the indigenous rights movement in Africa:
Insights from Cameroon and Tanzania. In: E. Gerharz et al. (eds.) Indigeneity on the Move. Oxford et al.: Berghahn. pp. 143-171.

Pelican, Michaela and Sofie Steinberger (eds.). 2017. Melilla. Perspectives on a Border Town.
Kölner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie 6. Institut für Ethnologie, Universität zu Köln.
http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/7700/

*Free Open Access E-Book (useful for teaching) via Transcript Website *
University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource" (ed.). 2015.
ETHNICITY AS A POLITICAL RESOURCE: Conceptualizations across Disciplines, Regions, and Periods. Bielefeld: Transcript.
http://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-3013-8/Ethnicity-as-a-Political-Resource#
Open Access E-Book:  https://oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=627779.


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