Voicing African Voices

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John Fokwang

John Koyela Fokwang (1944-2009) was born in Bali Nyonga in the then British Southern Cameroons. He attended the Native Authority School in Bali where upon completing, was hired to teach as a Probationary Teacher. John Fokwang eventually went on to acquire further professional training as a teacher, culminating with a generous list of certificates including a diploma in Project Management from the University of Guelph, Canada. He was a founding member of the Association for Creative Teaching and the Kaberry Research Centre, Bamenda. John Fokwang is the author of the Lion and the Monkey, The Busy Spider, and several academic articles on rites of passage in the Cameroon grassfields.

Dictionaries Reference Books

A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names

by John Fokwang

A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names is an exceptional minefield of Chamba names, meticulously assembled and expatiated for the curious user. As a pioneer…

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.

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