Rogers Orock

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Finland

Title

Dr.

Affiliation

Department of Anthropology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Email

Rogers.Orock@wits.ac.za

Countries of Specialization

Cameroon; Nigeria

Research Interests

Elites, Democracy, Governance, Political Culture, Popular Culture.

Teaching Interests

African anthropology, ethnography, anthropology of politics.

Publications

Orock, R. T. E. (2015) ‘Elites, Culture and Power: the Moral Politics of “Development” in Cameroon.’ Anthropological Quarterly 88 (2):533-568.

Orock, R. T. E. (2014) SWELA, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Cameroon’s Patrimonial State: An Anthropological Critique. Critique of Anthropology 34 (2): 204-233.

Orock, R. T. E. (2014) ‘Welcoming the ‘Fon of Fons’: Anglophone Elites and the Politics of Hosting Cameroon’s Head of State.’ Africa 84 (2): 226 - 245.

Orock, R. T. E. (2013) ‘Manyu Youths, Belonging and the Antinomies of Patrimonial Elite Politics in Contemporary Cameroon’. Cultural Dynamics 25 (3): 269-290.