The Catholic Church and anglophone Subnationalism in Cameroon

The book is an account of the role played by the Catholic Church in the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province of Cameroon in igniting, promoting and influencing the course of the struggle by the minority Anglophones to restore the statehood of Southern Cameroons since reunification with the Republic of Cameroon in 1961. It examines the relationship between the Catholic Clergy and the Anglophone Pressure Groups that clamoured for either the return to the federal system of government instituted in 1961 and abolished in 1972 or the restoration of the Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia State.

Joseph L. NFI obtained a PhD in History from the University of Yaounde I in 2012. He is author of four books and many articles published in local and international journals. Hired by the University of Buea, Cameroon in 2010, he later moved to The University of Bamenda where he is currently serving as Associate Professor with the Faculty of Arts and Deputy Director of the Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics. He is specialised in Political History with interest in issues of identity, ethnicity, minorities, conflicts and military history.