Voicing African Voices

Author

Ephraim N. Ngwafor

Ephraim N. Ngwafor holds a PhD in Law from the University of London, and is professor of Law at the University of Yaounde II, where he has also served as Dean and Rector. He is a member of the Cameroon Bar Association, a Fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in the Netherlands. Professor Ngwafor has published extensively in Law.

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Ako-Aya: A Cameroorian Pioneer in Daring Journalism and Social Commentary

by Ephraim N. Ngwafor

Patrick Tataw Obenson, alias Ako-Aya, the rabid critic, social crusader and witty journalist, all rolled up in one, was indeed a popular and widely…

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