Voicing African Voices

Author

Charles Nfon

Dr Charles Nfon was born in Mbinon-Noni, in the North West region of Cameroon. He attended Government High School Kumbo, CCAST Bambili, and then the University of Ibadan where he obtained a DVM degree in 1999. He worked briefly for IRAD Wakwa, Ngaoundere, Cameroon before proceeding to the University of Liverpool where he obtained his PhD in Veterinary Parasitology in 2004. He then moved to the USA to work as a research fellow in New York. In 2008, Nfon and his family moved to Canada where he has continued research in virology and immunology. His research has been published in peer reviewed journals. Greener from a Distance is his second work of fiction. He is also the author of The Alien Within.

Literature Novels and Short Stories

Denial Is The Killer and Other Stories

by Charles Nfon

There is no denying the havoc HIV/AIDS has wrecked around the globe. The worst impact is seen in the developing world and in impoverished…

Literature Urban Life

Greener from a Distance

by Charles Nfon

Albert’s life dream is to immigrate to the USA, to seek greener pastures. After several failed attempts, he finally gets a visa. Then he…

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