Quelques réflexions sur ľ introduction et la vulgarisation du concept de pays au Cameroun

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SOME REFLEXIONS ON THE MEANING OF THE CONCEPTS OF STATE AND "PAYS" IN CAMEROON - In the French language there are two concepts very much used for the territorial reading of space: state and "pays". Basically, we assume that a state is a space of integration, whereas a "pays&...

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Published in:Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
Main Author: Athanase Bopda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEG 1998-06-01
Subjects:
Colonisation
decolonisation
"pays"
State
Cameroun
Online Access:http://www.ceg.ul.pt/finisterra/numeros/1998-65/65_13.pdf
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Summary:SOME REFLEXIONS ON THE MEANING OF THE CONCEPTS OF STATE AND "PAYS" IN CAMEROON - In the French language there are two concepts very much used for the territorial reading of space: state and "pays". Basically, we assume that a state is a space of integration, whereas a "pays" is a space of attachment. The concept of "pays" was introduced in Cameroon from the metropolis with a meaning close to the concept of state, and it has been re-utilized by Cameroonian people depending on the successive contexts of colonization, decolonization, independence and, nowadays, democracy.
ISSN:0430-5027

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