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Autochthony and ethnic cleansing in the post-colony: the 1966 Tombel disturbances in Cameroon

Introduction Since the 1990s growing attention has been paid in the literature the rapid spread of autochthony discourses on the African continent, leading the sometimes violent exclusion of supposed and various forms of cleansing.1 Most authors tend attribute the recent obsession with the of in Africa and elsewhere processes of globalization. They refer in particular recent processes of political and economic liberalization and the threat that multi-party politics poses authoritarian regimes. The renewed importance of elections makes belonging a central issue. Groups that claim be autochthono…