Voicing African Voices

Author

Akum Hedwig Kien

Akum Hedwig Kien obtained her PhD in Gender and Development studies in 2015 and the Master's degree in Geography from the University of Buea in 2006. She obtained the Teacher Training qualification from Ecole Normale Supérieure Yaoundé in 2001 and a Bachelor's t degree (License) in Geography from the University of Yaoundé in 1992. She is currently a Geography Teacher at Government High School Great Soppo, Buea. She doubles as a part time Lecturer in the Department of Women and Gender Studies of University of Buea and the Local Government Training Centre (CEFAM), Buea. She is married with children and a strong advocate for gender, environment and development issues.

Development Studies Environmental Management Gender & Women's Studies Nature and the Environment Social Sciences

A Gender Perspective of Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Management in the City of Bamenda, Cameroon

by Akum Hedwig Kien

The management of urban waste constitutes one of the major environmental challenges facing African cities in general and Cameroon in particular. Unprecedented population growth…

The mission of Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) is to contribute to the cultural development and renaissance of Africa. This is achieved by conducting research, providing training in research and writing, and publishing and promoting African scholarship and creative writing. Langaa, not set up for monetary profit-making, is supported by founding members and other contributors, financial grants and efforts of volunteers. Langaa is physically located in Bamenda and Buea (Cameroon), although its members and volunteers operate from different parts of the world. So far, Langaa has published over 500 titles, mainly on Cameroon, but also on other African countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Outstanding scholars and ordinary people familiar with the Cameroonian and African context provide editorial guidance. Each manuscript is systematically reviewed before a publication decision. Peer reviews, reader reports, and editorial changes are stored as evidence of the rigour of Langaa ’s processes.

Billan Omar, Doctoral Research Fellow at HUMA, University of Cape Town on Ringtone Stories: Voices from Bamenda’s Mobile Generation
Vito Laterza is Associate Professor in Global Development at the University of Agder, Norway, and a 2024-2025 Visiting Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. on Uitlanders in Stellenbosch: Identities, English, and Learning to Live Together
Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, Theologian, leading academic, Vice Chancellor and Principal, Tshwane University of Technology. on Uitlanders in Stellenbosch: Identities, English, and Learning to Live Together
Achirri Ismael, (PhD) Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA. on Centres and Peripheries in Literatures: Interrogating Hegemonic Canonism
Viviane Koua, (PhD) Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Auburn University, Auburn AL. USA on Centres and Peripheries in Literatures: Interrogating Hegemonic Canonism