Streszczenie
The last decade has witnessed growing scholarly interest in «unresolved nation-state issues» in Africa, particularly secessionist movements, hybrid sovereignties, and postcolonial struggles for cultural recognition. In this context, Jarosław Różański’s Federal Republic of Ambazonia represents one of the most comprehensive Polish-language monographs on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon and the sociocultural processes underlying the imagined Ambazonia polity. The book is distinguished by its interdisciplinary approach, combining history, ethnography, missionary studies, and conflict analysis. Through this multi-layered perspective, Różański offers a nuanced account of how colonial legacies, cultural identities, and political resentments converged to create one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts.
Bibliografia
- Akoh, Harry A. (ed.). 2024. In Search of an Independent Ambazonian Nation: Dimensions of Identity and Freedom. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45777-7
- Konings, Piet; Nyamnjoh, Francis B. 2003. Negotiating an Anglophone Identity. A study of the Politics of Recognition and Representation in Cameroon. Brill: Leiden-Boston. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047402640
- Mbembe, Achille. 1996. La naissance du maquis dans le Sud-Cameroun (1920–1960). Histoire des usages de la raison en colonie. Paris: Karthala.
- Różański, Jarosław. The Federal Republic of Ambazonia: In Search of an English-language Political and Cultural Identity for the People of Cameroon [Republika Federalna Ambazonii: Poszukiwanie tożsamości kulturowej i politycznej angielskojęzycznych mieszkańców Kamerunu]. Warszawa 2023: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW.
