Social Media and the Southern Cameroon Struggle

Silvia Ambo Mbayi¹

Abstract

This is an on-going study showing the effective use of the social media by Southern Cameroon civil rights activists in their fight for liberation which now threatens the peace and sovereignty of the Republic of Cameroon. With the fast growing popularity of smart phones, recorded voice and video messages shared on What Sapp and Facebook can now reach every rural area of southern Cameroon. Areas of Southern Cameroon that use to listen to only state owned media can now have vital information from activist on their mobile phone. Pictures and videos of police brutality during nonviolent protests can now be shared with the international community. This is the first time in over 50 years since independence that a civil disobedient protest has lasted over one month (over five months as of date) in Southern Cameroon. This took the government by storm, even after banning the supply of internet to the southern Cameroon regions; the government still find it difficult to stop the strike actions. Schools in southern Cameroon have been shut down for over five months due to the strike actions. Using the social media is so effective to communicate to the people by the activists who are mostly on the run of in hiding. The government is failing to move with time and come to the table for meaningful dialogue but still believe in oppressing the people with police brutality and forceful arrest but the activists still find a way to pass instructions to the local population which are respected.

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Silvia Ambo Mbayi. Social Media and the Southern Cameroon Struggle. International Conference on Global Peace (2017): 18. Print.