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Literature

Perspectives on Written Cameroon Literature in English

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

Literature Novels and Short Stories Women's Fiction

Wife Consultant

by Colin Diyen

Many men believe that they own the world and that women are simply objects placed in that world to enable men to enjoy it…

Literature Mystery & Crime Novels and Short Stories

Glittering Gallows

by Basil Diki

Seduced at the age of fourteen by her foster father-cum-priest, Heidi Gaynor roamed the Docklands of London and wound up at a château in…

Literature Poetry

The Cowrie Necklace

by Tikum Mbah Azonga

The Cowrie Necklace is a graphic account of the struggle for meaning in life. The poems are a carefully woven sizzling and cracking attempt…

Anthologies & Collections Literature Poetry

First Harvests

by Fonkeng E.F. and Esendugue G. Fonsah

A Collection of Poems from Nkongho-Mboland First Harvests are expressions of impressions on a variety of local and universal phenomena and states of being.…

Literature Poetry

Companion of Life

by Munyaradzi Mawere and Vakai Machinga

Poems from Zimbabwe This is a dense, erudite collection of finely crafted poems that powerfully reflect on vices such as war, bad governance, deforestation,…

Literature Poetry

The Betrayed Town and Other Poems

by Roselyne M. Jua

ISBN 9789956728619 Pages 76 Dimensions 203 x 127 mm Published 2012 Publisher Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon Format Paperback

Literature Poetry

Haiti: Entre beaute et blessures

by Dieurat Clervoyant

Clairvoyant s’exprime, parfois avec une virulente violence que peut seul comprendre l’exilé qui vit dans une perpétuelle nostalgie de la terre natale. Son verbe…

Literature Novels and Short Stories

An Underground Colony of Summer Bees

by Sanya Osha

A drug subculture finally becomes visible… indeed the themes of visibility and invisibility are what animate this haunting tale of loss, craving and abjection.…

History & Criticism Literature

Psychological Constructs and the Craft of African Fiction of Yesteryears

by Linus Asong

Six Studies The novel remains the most popular genre in the African literary landscape. In the very large body of criticism that has been…

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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.