Abstract
ABSTRACT It is often assumed that language variation is the main cause of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon. Using a qualitative approach, this study, however, analyses and explains other, more fundamental causes and contemporary issues that fuel the conflict. These include Cameroon’s colonial history and process of attaining independence; political developments from unification in 1961 to the change in Federal structure in 1972; political corruption; changes in legal and penal code; and economic, cultural and social marginalisation. This paper suggests that if the proper measures are not taken to conceive and realise long-term solutions, the agitators may become an insurgent or terrorist group and cause more violent conflicts, resulting in an increase in the numbers of Internally Displaced Persons within West Africa and of African refugees abroad.
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