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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 1 / 2022  
         
  Article:   EMERGENCE OF THE AMBAZONIAN MOVEMENTS AND THE ANTI SARDINARDS BRIGADE (B.A.S): BETWEEN THE QUEST FOR ANGLOPHONE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE FIGHT FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGE IN CAMEROON / ÉMERGENCE DES MOUVEMENTS AMBAZONIEN ET DE LA BRIGADE ANTI SARDINARDS (B.A.S): ENTRE QUÊTE DE SOUVERAINETÉ ANGLOPHONE ET LUTTE POUR LE CHANGEMENT SOCIO-POLITIQUE AU CAMEROUN.

Authors:  AZIRILOU NDAM NSANGOU.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbeuropaea.2022.1.08

Published Online: 2022-06-30
Published Print: 2022-06-30
pp. 185-213

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Since the fall of 2016, Cameroon has been the scene of a fratricidal and separatist conflict in its English-speaking part known as North-west and South-west (NWSW). This war has to date caused more than 3,000 loss of human lives, 700,000 Cameroonian refugees, and the closure of nearly 80% of schools. This conflict, orchestrated by a group of secessionist fighters known as "Amba-boys", which constitutes the "Ambazonian movement", has made the English-speaking regions the most militarized part of Cameroon. At the same time, a protest movement against the capture of power by the Biya regime has been formed since 2018 within the Cameroonian diaspora: the Anti-Sardinards Brigade (B.A.S). The objective of this work is therefore to understand the logic of action and the protest strategies of these two movements. To achieve this, we used a qualitative research method. It appears that these movements are fighting against a common adversary, namely: the regime in power for 40 years. However, their divergence lies at the ideological level and in their conflicting strategies. The Ambazonian movement advocates, through direct violence, secession in order to promote Anglophone sovereignty. While the B.A.S fights for the socio-political change of the country, through indirect violence.

Keywords: conflict strategy, protest, movement, Anti Sardinards Brigade, ambazonien movement, conflict, secessionist, sociopolitical change
 
         
     
         
         
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