Ambacide : the genocide and extermination reminiscent of extermination of Jews (Holocaust) by Adolf Hitler

Genocide and extermination are no longer mere words, promises, hopes, etc. These acts are already a law which can be enforced. In practical terms, this law means no more extermination, no more mass killings, no more concentration camps, no more sterilisations, no more wanton rapes, no more killings and burning of people to conceal evidence, no more torching of habitats, no more breaking up of families. The call to stop genocide is often presented as the paramount moral obligation in contemporary global politics. The 'Never Again' refrain and the consistent references to the ethical value of Responsibility to Protect genocide stand as calls for urgent political mobilisation. Taking a look at the internet blackouts, the militarisation of towns and cities all across Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia), the indiscriminate torching of hundreds of villages, schools and health centres, the rampant gang rape of females by HIV-infected troops, mass killings of civilians, burning of innocent civilians in their sleep, disembowelling pregnant women and slaughtering them and their unborn babies, arbitrary arrests and detentions, dehumanising raids of residential areas in search of "Anglophones", mindless torture, extortions, and looting by La République du Cameroun troops, the genocide and extermination were well planned in advance. Professor Tatah Mentan argues that the bloodbath was designed with a clear kinetic theological foundation as its centrepiece. The theologians of the genocide were ironically not clerics. They were rather journalists and sycophantic pro-regime intellectuals who apparently served as the echo chamber of the Biya genocidal regime for his Hitler-like "Final Solution" to crush and assimilate "Anglophones" - the "rats", "cockroaches", "secessionists", "separatists", or "microbes" as they were stigmatised. The suffering inflicted by Hitler on Jews fell outside the realm of expression. Often depicted as the savage lunatic who plunged the world into World War II, Adolf Hitler's name has been on the tongues of historians, psychologists, economists, and laymen for ages. Similarly, President Paul Biya like Hitler the Monster is being depicted as the epitome of Lucifer himself. Finally, Professor Tatah Mentan concludes that the pandemic genocide and extermination of Ambazonians by La République du Cameroun génocidaires can only be peacefully resolved by an internationally negotiated separation of both warring Former UN Category B Trust Territories. Cover Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations List of Acronyms Preface Introduction Chapter One - Southern British Cameroons and Methodology of Analysis A Chronology The Bakassi ICJ Ruling Why study Raging Genocide in Southern British Cameroons or Ambazonia? Methodology of Analysis-Historical Political Economy Why Historical Political Economy? Conception of Economy Ontology Epistemology Methodology Ideology & Political Goals References Chapter Two - Deconstructing the Theory of Genocide according to Raphael Lemkin Overview Introduction The Theory of Genocide by Raphael Lemkin Explanatory Faultlines in the Lemkin Genocide Convention Model War and Genocide: A Sociological Approach Genocide and the Imperial State Loss of connection between War and Genocide Connections of context and causality Connections of meaning Changing structures of warfare and contemporary genocide Lemkin and “New Justice” for Victims of Genocide Decolonizing Genocide References Chapter Three - Understanding the Root Causes of the Raging Genocide in Former British Southern Cameroons* Overview “Anglophone Crisis” as Misguided Theorizing and Application “Anglophone Crisis?” Explaining the Underlying Concept of Genocide Cameroon: Back to the Future “Independence” of Ambazonia as Military Occupation, Annexation and Re-colonization “One Kamerun” Myth as Instrument of Annexation and Recolonization of Ambazonia by La République du Cameroun Violation of Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) by La République du Cameroun in Ambazonia Summary Conclusion Way Forward References Chapter Four - Dissecting the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Overview Introduction The Genocide Convention Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Revisiting the Origin of the Term Genocide History of the Crime of Genocide Historical Flashback on Genocide Genocide as a Historico-Sociological Concept What is the Crime of Genocide in the Convention? Jurisdiction over the Crime of Genocide in the Convention Limitations of the Convention References Chapter Five - Structural Violence: Pacesetter for Ambacide Overview Introduction Background Significance of Structural Violence Theorizing Structural Violence Causes of and Conditions for Genocide and Extermination Causes of and Conditions for developing Ambacide Genocides Are Preventable References Chapter Six - Historico-Legal Path to Genocide and Extermination of Ambazonians Introduction The Doctrine of Pacta Sunt Servanda Decolonization Difficulties and the Violations of International Law The United Nations Resolution 1608 of April 21, 1961 Difficulties in Implementing Resolution 1608 The Law of Treaties The Ahidjo Regime’s Military Assault on Southern Cameroons Jacobinist Gaullist Rule of Ahidjo-Biya Southern Cameroons Anglophone Grievances Broken Promises Decentralisation as the Start of a Sustainable Solution Econocide in Southern Cameroons Neocolonialism Then: From Occupation, Annexation, Colonization, Assimilation to Econocide Biya as a Totalitarian Sociopath in Cameroun References Chapter Seven - The Slippery Identity Road to Genocide and Extermination Overview Colonial Roots of Anglophone-Francophone Identity Conflict Identity as a Knife-Colonial Past and Present Identity Frictions Lost territories Marginalization Language and identity politics Count Down to Genocide and Extermination (Ambacide) Indifference by International Community Uncertainties in Intervention in Cameroun Cameroun’s Strategies and Tactics of Genocide and Extermination of Ambazonians Collective Colonial Imperialism Mediated Mind Control Posters– Using Symbolic Imagery Election Reality Anglophobia – Scapegoating of Ambazonians Controlling mass media for brainwashing Mythologizing the CPDM party Minimizing Dust Clouds: Understanding the Purpose of La République du Cameroun Scorched-earth Warfare The Hard Reality in Cameroun Demonizing the Political Opposition of Ambazonians Dehumanizing Ambazonians Prejudice “The Anglophone Identity Crisis” Persecution Cordon, Search, Loot, and Kill References Chapter Eight - President Paul Biya Blows the Whistle for His ‘Final Solution’ Overview Introduction Failed Peaceful Attempts to Resolve Colonization of Ambazonia Political and Geographical Annihilation Quest for Restoration of Statehood Trashed Biya’s Final Solution Visited on Ambazonia Raiding of Homes and Streets Minimizing Dust Clouds of Siege Warfare Psychological Warfare Three Shades of Propaganda Rape as War Weapon against Ambazonian Women Motivation: Why Are Ambazonian Women Targeted? Aftermath of Rape Democide Ecocide as War Weapon Beheading as War Weapon Hundreds of Villages Burnt Torture as War Weapon Psychological Warfare as a Weapon of State Terror Menticide The Role of Traditional Authority The Enigma of Coexistence French Colonial Policy imposed on Southern Cameroonians Politicide Political Conditioning State Policy French Defence and Security for Africa Economic Relations of Colonial Imperialism A history of Violence and Repression as a Power Factor The ‘diabolical mechanism’ of CFA franc as pillar of French Dispossession Barrier to development An unsustainable status quo Automatic confiscation of national reserves Cultural “Cooperation” French as culturcide in Cameroun Mental Coercion and Enemy Occupation in Ambazonia Françafrique Cameroun Independence as Colonization Broken Silence References Chapter Nine - From the Anger of Despair to Resistance and Self-Defence* Introduction Understanding Anger and Resistance: A Theoretical Perspective Defining Anger Violent Resistance as a Duty? Background to Cameroon Colonial History The Trouble with Cameroon Aborted Demands for Political Decentralization, Equity and Fairness in Governance The Responsibility to Protect and the International Media Silence Anger, Resistance, and Self-Defense Self-defence, States’ Silence, and the Security Council: Examining Acquiescence Concerns and UN Article 51 Reports Self-Defense and Defense of Vulnerable Ambazonian Others Self-Defense and the UN Charter References Chapter Ten - Epilogue Theoretical Reprise Summary Conclusion Decolonizing Genocide and Extermination (Ambacide) References Back cover