In/security, mob justice and sovereignty in Cameroon

What is it about?

This paper offers an account of mob justice in Cameroon as a practice of securitization, one that responds to growing anxieties about crime and insecurity in the country. In doing so, it also helps to shed light on the contingent character of public power or sovereign authority by the Cameroonian state.

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Why is it important?

Cameroon is located in the central African sub region, an area where security is a growing concern among government officials and policy makers for various reasons, not the least of which is the new threat of "terrorism" from the Islamic Fundamentalist insurgent force, Boko Haram. This paper helps to underline how "states" of insecurity are defined in a dynamic fashion as well how such definitions account for varying modes of popular "counter-insurgent" modes of action such as mob justice.