Federalism, or a genuine and effective form of decentralization, can help Cameroon break this vicious circle of centralization, crypto-democracy, and bad governance by bringing power closer to the people. To do this, the new form of the State must go beyond the Anglophone-Francophone divisions and the French vision of it inspired by Jean Jacques Rousseau by offering a modern model of five or six federated states officially using French, English, and if possible, a recognition of two local written languages
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