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Resolving the Northwest- Southwest Divide
The most important road block to Southern Cameroons independence is the ethnic block: it makes different ethnic groups less willing to acknowledge common problems--like the continuing colonial occupation of our country--and also less willing to unite and solve them. If our ethnic groups act together, Southern Cameroons will become independent in months instead of years or never. Many who want independence for Southern Cameroons still do not join the struggle for it because they see no plans to guarantee the security of ethnic minorities in the re-emerging Southern Cameroons state.La Republique du Cameroun, our neighbour on the eastern border, recognizes this ethnic divide and deliberately rubs it in to distract us from their continuing annexation of our country.
In this paper, the contributors should explain what causes the ethnic divide and propose what can solve it. We should even develop a position paper on the ethnic divide.
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Define the problem
Solutions for the problem
Again, this is a collaborative paper. Click easy edit above and add or edit this discussion. Possible subtopics:
Define the problem
Ethnic divides are patterns of thinking and feeling in one group directed against the well being of another group and vise-versa. The first casualty of this disposition is trust.
Root causes of the problem
Root causes of the problem
What groups remember accurately or inaccurately (history, myth, legend) and what groups imagine or fear irrationally (prejudices) are the root causes of ethnic divides everywhere.
History of the problem
Specifics of the problem
As this site develops, we shall use special tools, such as interviews, polls, retreats and focus groups to define the specifics of the antagonism. In other words, we shall employ scientific methods to define the problem precisely, because we are the Southern Cameroons, and not anyone else and we have our uniqueness. At some point we shall have to move away from generalities to painful specifics. This is a topic that causes a lot of pain and evasiveness in Southern Cameroonians. All the more reason why it must be confronted in an honest fashion, to get to the bottom of it. It is the splendid pain of childbirth, that culminates in the birth of a healthy child. There is no escaping, the lion at the gate of the temple of gold.
History of the problem
Specifics of the problem
As this site develops, we shall use special tools, such as interviews, polls, retreats and focus groups to define the specifics of the antagonism. In other words, we shall employ scientific methods to define the problem precisely, because we are the Southern Cameroons, and not anyone else and we have our uniqueness. At some point we shall have to move away from generalities to painful specifics. This is a topic that causes a lot of pain and evasiveness in Southern Cameroonians. All the more reason why it must be confronted in an honest fashion, to get to the bottom of it. It is the splendid pain of childbirth, that culminates in the birth of a healthy child. There is no escaping, the lion at the gate of the temple of gold.
Solutions for the problem
Re-education of the group is always a good initial solution, but re-education by itself has not solved ethnic divides anywhere in the world.
Legal & Constitutional
Legal & Constitutional
Solutions written into the Constitution tend to work well on condition that constitutional soltions are clear and unambiguous (to reduce misinterpretation).
Structural/Development
The Southern Cameroons is a relatively small country. A good highway network would connect any single point to another in 4 hours or less. Lack of infrastructural development in parts of Southern Cameroons results in population pressure in those parts where there is more infrastructure and more economic opportunity. Population pressure results in land pressure and strain on infrastructure. When people begin to compete for limited resources, tribalism and nepotism rather than merit, fairness and human need increasingly become the basis for the allocation of resources.
Southern Cameroonians have a good track record of going out of ethnic groups to create significant relationships. This tendency should be encouraged by the Southern Cameroons state, by encouraging the mixing of populations around the country.
Structural/Development
The Southern Cameroons is a relatively small country. A good highway network would connect any single point to another in 4 hours or less. Lack of infrastructural development in parts of Southern Cameroons results in population pressure in those parts where there is more infrastructure and more economic opportunity. Population pressure results in land pressure and strain on infrastructure. When people begin to compete for limited resources, tribalism and nepotism rather than merit, fairness and human need increasingly become the basis for the allocation of resources.
Southern Cameroonians have a good track record of going out of ethnic groups to create significant relationships. This tendency should be encouraged by the Southern Cameroons state, by encouraging the mixing of populations around the country.
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