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Central Africa

Zintgraff’s Explorations in Bamenda, Adamawa and the Benue Lands 1889-1892

by E.M. Chilver

The following pages, initially prepared for limited circulation in 1961, contain brief extracts and summaries of those parts of Eugen Zintgraff’s book Nord-Kamerun (1895), of most…

Central Africa History

Voicing the Voiceless

by Walter Gam Nkwi

Contributions to Closing Gaps in Cameroon History, 1958-2009 The history of the subalterns, also known as the history of the voiceless, took currency in…

Central Africa History

Betrayal of Too Trusting a People

by Carlson Anyangwe

The UN, the UK and the Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons There is a growing body of literature on what was originally envisioned…

Central Africa History Political History & Theory Politics

Cameroon’s Social Democratic Front

by Milton Krieger

Its History and Prospects as an Opposition Political Party (1990-2011) Cameroon’s Social Democratic Front (SDF) was among the watershed challenges in 1990 by sub-Saharan…

Central Africa History Political History & Theory Politics

Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun

by Carlson Anyangwe

Resistance & the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons It always comes as a surprise to many that the British-administered…

Central Africa History Political History & Theory Politics

The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite

by John Percival

Choice or Betrayal The United Nations-organised plebiscite on 11 February 1961 was one of the most significant events in the history of the southern…

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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