Packet 5: Tossup 10

This country’s expression “politics of the belly” names Jean-François Bayart’s model of patronal politics in postcolonial Africa. A book on France’s “cruel hand” (-5[1])exposed crimes from this country’s “Hidden War,” so-named because it was overshadowed by Algeria. A historian from this country collected essays on cartoons from its “ghost town” (10[1])protests, its “banality of power,” and colonial commandement (“kuh-mond-MAWN”). FIFA’s official song for South Africa’s World Cup sampled a marching song (10[1])recorded by members (-5[1])of this country’s presidential guard, (10[1])titled “Zangaléwa.” This is the birth country of the author of On the Post Colony, (-5[1])Achille Mbembe (10[2]-5[2])(“ah-SHEEL um-BEM-bay”). Ahmadou (-5[1])Ahidjo ended federal privileges in this country in 1961, fueling its ongoing “Anglophone (-5[1])problem.” (10[6])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])what country’s (10[1])93-year-old president, Paul Biya, rules from Yaoundé? (10[3])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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