The contested investiture of a new Lawan imposed by the Prefect of Diamaré and the Lamido de Maroua caused a sharp altercation which forced the forces of law and order to make use of tear gas a new episode of a common practice in Cameroon where the public authority imposed traditional dignitaries against the will of the people. He was to be a leader. A link between tradition and the people. A guardian of customs. But in Maroua, on that day, he w…
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The contested investiture of a new Lawan imposed by the Prefect of Diamaré and the Lamido de Maroua caused a sharp altercation which forced the forces of law and order to make use of tear gas a new episode of a common practice in Cameroon where the public authority imposed traditional dignitaries against the will of the people. He was to be a leader. A link between tradition and the people. A guardian of customs. But in Maroua, on that day, he w…