Voicing African Voices

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Max-Landry Kassaï

Max-Landry Kassaï was born into a family of three children. He lost both his parents at a young age and grew up with his grandmother. He was later sent to school at Saint Marcel seminary in Sibut (Central African Republic). He holds a master's degree in public law from the University of Bangui. In 2013 Max-Landry fled violence in his country and was a refugee for over a year in DR Congo. In 2014, he decided to return to Bangui where he nowadays lives and works. Max-Landry is an avid blogger and a member of ABCA, the association of Central African Republic bloggers.

Literature Politics & Espionage

La Tragédie D´Une Nation Débile

by Max-Landry Kassaï

La tragédie de la nation débile retrace cinq décennies d’instabilité politique au cours desquelles le peuple centrafricain a souffert de plusieurs maux qui ont…

Literature Politics & Espionage

The Tragedy Of The Stupid Nation

by Max-Landry Kassaï

The Tragedy Of The Stupid Nation retraces three decades of political instability during which the people of the Central African Republic suffered from several…

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