Living and Working in a Chinese Enclave in Cameroon: The Workers of a “Major Structuring Projects for Emergence” (notice n° 411185)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | fre |
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| Personal name | Amougou, Gérard |
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| Title | Living and Working in a Chinese Enclave in Cameroon: The Workers of a “Major Structuring Projects for Emergence” |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2022.<br/> |
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| Summary, etc. | In Cameroun, the “major structuring projects for emergence” aim to consolidate the regime of President Paul Biya. However, they also represent new opportunities for salaried employment under contract in a country marked by their scarcity. Based on the accounts of Cameroonian workers at the Lom Pangar dam, this article reports on describes the tension between the advantages of a stable salaried employment and the reality of work in this Chinese enclave, marked by difficult working conditions, low wages, and the maintenance of a high level of job insecurity. This tension is reinforced by a “racial” organization of work. Indeed, whatever the function of Cameroonian employees (laborers, machine operators, technicians, engineers), they are always in an inferior position compared to the Chinese employees. Knowing that in a Chinese construction site in Africa, expatriate Chinese workers represent between 15 and 25 % of the workforce depending on the phase of the project, almost every Cameroonian employee has a direct Chinese boss. Therefore, if the strikes denounce the living and working conditions on the site, the stories we have collected often refer to the conflicts, fights, and frustrations generated by this racial organization of work. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | strategy of emergence |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cameroon |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | labor |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | strike |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Lom Pangar dam |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | working condition |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | construction work |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Chinese companies |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | strategy of emergence |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cameroon |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | labor |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | strike |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Lom Pangar dam |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | working condition |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | construction work |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Chinese companies |
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| Personal name | Kernen, Antoine |
| Relator term | author |
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| Personal name | Nkot, Fabien |
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| Note | Cahiers d’études africaines | o 245-246 | 1 | 2022-06-10 | p. 241-263 | 0008-0055 |
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