Sustenance and Dynamics of Informal Transportation in AnglophoneCameroon, 1961 to 2016

In most African cities, while there are state policies regulating the operation of
motor transport activities, informal practices are usually visible creating some
sought of anarchy. Using the case of Anglophone Cameroon, the territory roughly
representing the former West Cameroon Federal State and the contemporary
Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, the study examines the extent by
which informal transport actorscreated a sustainable operational niche. By profiling
the informal transport practices in the towns of Bamenda, Buea and Limbe in
Anglophone Cameroon, the paper asserts that, although considered informal and
chaotic by the State because of the non-conformity to statutory regulations, the
clandestine transport sector was not altogether a chaotic setup. It had a certain mode
of organization with well-established protocols and disciplinary measures that gave
it a semblanceof order. The article is informed by evidence gathered from primary
and secondary sources analyzed following a qualitative historical design

Keywords. Informal, transport, Policies, Practices, Anglophone Cameroon.