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Development Studies

African Studies Development Studies Social Sciences

Dark Clouds on the Horizon

by John W. Forje

Some Developmental Challenges Facing AfricaThis book brings to the fore some critical and fundamental issues plaguing the continent of Africa. It is a symbolic…

African Studies Anthropology Development Studies Social Sciences

Patrolling Epistemic Borders in a World of Borderless Pandemics

by Artwell Nhemachena, Rewai Makamani and Munyaradzi Mawere

Epistemological Policemen in COVID-19 Afflicted 21st Century AfricaThe global epistemological gendarmerie do not only police epistemologies but they also infect the world with infectious…

Development Studies Migration Social Sciences

Trauma, collective trauma and refugee trajectories in the digital era

by Selam Kidane

Development of the Trauma Recovery Understanding Self-Help Therapy (TRUST) Forced migration has become an inescapable reality of our world in the 21st century. Why?…

Development Studies Environmental Conservation & Protection Nature and the Environment Social Sciences

‘African Potentials’ for Wildlife Conservation and Natural Resource Management

by Toshio Meguro, Chihiro Ito and Kariuki Kirigia

Against the Image of ‘Deficiency’ and Tyranny of ‘Fortress’ This book focuses on two specific areas: wildlife conservation policies and projects, and the interaction…

African Studies Development Studies Social Sciences

Covid-19 and the Dialectics of Global Pandemics in Africa

by Munyaradzi Mawere, Bernard Chazovachii and Francis Machingura

Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of the Global Economy in the Face of COVID-19 The prevalence of global pandemics has been timeless and universal.…

Anthropology Development Studies Media & Communication Studies Social Sciences

Mobile Assemblages and Maendeleo in Rural Keny

by Leah Jerop Komen

In this book, Leah Komen explores the impact of mobile telephony on the lives of people in rural Kenya. The book analyses the outcomes…

African Studies Development Studies Health & Disease Social Sciences

COVID-19 Manifestation, Ramifications and Future Prospects for Zimbabwe

by Alexander Madanha Rusero and Munyaradzi Mawere

A Multi-disciplinary Perspective The advent of Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) pandemic has caused much distress, despondence, fear and pandemonium across all nations of…

Development Studies Social Sciences

New Millennium Woes and Livelihood Struggles in Africa

by Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri and Ngonidzashe Marongwe

Begging to Survive by Zimbabwe’s marginalised One of the oldest survival pursuits undertaken by the weak and the downtrodden people across the world has…

African Studies Development Studies Social Sciences

Development and Subsistence in Globalising Africa

by Motoki Takahashi, Shuichi Oyama and Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison

Beyond the Dichotomy In Africa, people striving to live and survive under the complex relationship between development and subsistence have been directly or indirectly…

Agriculture Development Studies Housing Law Law Property & Land Law Science, Technology, Medecine Social Sciences

After Radical Land Reform

by Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu

Restructuring agricultural cooperatives in Zimbabwe and Japan Comparing the Zimbabwean and Japanese agrarian experience may sound impossible. Still, the similarities in the socio-economic and…

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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.

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