Voicing African Voices

Author

Noufel Bouzeboudja

Noufel Bouzeboudja is an author, performer and teacher. He taught drama techniques and English at the University of Tizi Ouzou in Algeria, French and Arabic in Spain. He has served as the ICORN writers’ representative. Born in Kabylia, he speaks, writes and performs his texts in several languages. He wrote his first novel Espoirs Déchus when he was 17. His fiction includes 4 poetry collections and a book of short stories. In 2007, he won an award by Algiers French Cultural Centre for poems from his first published collection Pensées Pensantes. His poetry collection Du Haut de nos Potences has been translated into Danish. He currently lives between Kabylia, Spain and France.

Literature Novels and Short Stories

A Pebble In The River

by Noufel Bouzeboudja

Akli is an old man now. He is in prison. It is from there that he begins telling his story of the colonisation of…

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