Voicing African Voices

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Shadrach Ambanasom

Shadrach Ambanasom

Shadrach A. Ambanasom was born in Ngie Sub-Division in the North-West Region of Cameroon. He holds the following academic diplomas: CAPCEG, Modern Letters (University of Yaounde 1); BA (Hons) English (University of London); M.Ed; MA and PhD (Ohio University). He is an initiated member of the American KAPPA DELTA PI, an honour society which encourages high professional, intellectual and personal standards and recognizes outstanding contributions to education. Presently he is Associate Professor and Head of the English Department at E.N.S. Annexe Bambili, University of Yaounde 1. His publications include The Radical Romantics: An Introduction (2001), Education of the Deprived: A Study of four Cameroonian Playwrights (2003), The Dregs of Humanity(2005), Homage and Courtship: Romantic Stirrings of a Young Man (2007), Son of the Native Soil (2009) and numerous articles in national and international scientific journals.

History & Criticism Literature

Perspectives on Written Cameroon Literature in English

by Shadrach Ambanasom

In 2009, Anglophone Cameroon literature celebrated its fifty years of existence. Now at the mature age of fifty plus this literature has a great…

History & Criticism Literature

Education of the Deprived

by Shadrach Ambanasom

Anglophone Cameroon Literary Drama Education of the Deprived is a perceptive socio-artistic examination of the key works of some major writers of Anglophone Cameroon…

Literature Novels and Short Stories

Son of the Native Soil

by Shadrach Ambanasom

Son of the Native Soil is a work whose quiet maturity glows in both subject and style. Here, love heals but the force of…

History & Criticism Literature

The Cameroonian Novel of English Expression

by Shadrach Ambanasom

An Introduction Initially considered something of a black sheep within the Anglophone Cameroon literary genres, the Anglophone novel has gradually grown to carve out…

Literature Poetry

Homage and Courtship

by Shadrach Ambanasom

ISBN 9789956616589 Pages 132 Dimensions 203 x 127 mm Published 2010 Publisher Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon Format Paperback

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