Voicing African Voices

Author

Hassan M. Yosimbom

Hassan M. Yosimbom

Hassan M. Yosimbom holds an MA in Comparative Literature (2000) from the University of Buea, Cameroon; and a PhD in African Literature (2016) from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

Language and Linguistics

Centres and Peripheries in Literatures: Interrogating Hegemonic Canonism

by Hassan M. Yosimbom and Bill F. Ndi

For millennia, literature across the globe has captured the essence of life, survival, and human relationships – how we come together and how we fall…

African Studies Social Sciences

Yearning for (Dis)Connections

by Hassan M. Yosimbom

Fictions and Frictions of Coexistence in Postcolonial CameroonIn a nuanced consideration of the Cameroonian experience, Yearning for (Dis) Connections makes critical interventions into debates…

African Studies History & Criticism Literature Oral Literature Social Sciences

Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress

by Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Patrick U. Nwosu and Hassan M. Yosimbom

Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs This book is a timely addition to debates and explorations on the epistemological relevance of African proverbs, especially with…

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