This book deciphers how Paul Biya has maintained almost half a century of power in Cameroon. The book reveals the mechanisms of a sophisticated political system - constitutional engineering, rentier economics, clientelism and security control - which has consolidated the state while weakening the nation. Analyzing successes (stability, diplomacy) and catastrophic failures (Anglophone war, social fractures), this book shows how political longevity was built at the cost of national unity. At the dawn of an inevitable transition, it offers an essential key to understanding Cameroon's past and future challenges.
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