To browse Academia. African sovereigns were held at very high repute during the pre-colonial period by their subjects. During the colonial period, Europeans co-opted them as important economic, political and socio-cultural associates because of the place they occupied in their societies.
This trend somehow altered during the post-colonial period, with some degree of power shift to western educated elites. In Cameroon, the ruling elite transformed the country into a one party system in Although auxiliaries of the administration, traditional authorities helplessly watched their powers shrink. They saw the reintroduction of multiparty politics in the s as a means to regaining their legitimacy.
This was nevertheless to a lesser extent as they could barely partake in the socio-economic development of their polities, urging them to demand for more recognition, in March , through a launch of the Cameroon National Council of Traditional Rulers CNCTR.
This paper is constructed on secondary and primary data, interpreted qualitatively and presented chronologically. It accentuates on Anglophone Cameroon and contends that traditional leaders were almost shelved from the sustainable local development process of the country. Key words: Traditional authority, Partisan politics, Pathway, Sustainable development, local development.
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