Voicing African Voices

Social Sciences

Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water

by Leah Junck

An Ethnography on Strategies of Bodily Navigation of Male Refugees in Cape Town In spite of South Africa’s progressive constitution, citizen’s intolerance of non-citizens,…

Democracy Philosophy Politics Social Sciences

The Rational Consumer: Bad for Business and Politics

by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Democracy at the Crossroads of Nature and Culture This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in…

Anthropology Social Sciences

Debating Witchcraft in Africa

by Didier Péclard and Jean-Pierre Warnier

The “Magritte Effect” Given the circularity of the witchcraft complex in Africa, given its performative potential, isn’t the flood of anthropological publications on the…

Anthropology Gender & Women's Studies Social Sciences

Respectable Mothers, Tough Men and Good Daughters

by Elaine R. Salo

Producing persons in Manenberg township South Africa The book examines how men and women in Manenberg township, on Cape Town’s inner periphery, manoeuvre to…

Anthropology Social Sciences

Eating and Being Eaten

by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Cannibalism as Food for Thought This innovative book is an open invitation to a rich and copious meal of imagination, senses and desires. It…

Development Studies Jurisprudence Law Social Sciences

Social and Legal Theory in the Age of Decoloniality

by Artwell Nhemachena, Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa and Samuel K. Amoo

(Re-)Envisioning Pan-African Jurisprudence in the 21st Century Right from the enslavement era through to the colonial and contemporary eras, Africans have been denied their…

Politics Poverty Public Affairs & Policy Social & Public Services Social Sciences

People-Centred Public Works Programmes

by Costain Tandi and Munyaradzi Mawere

A Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development in sub-Saharan Africa? Poverty has long been a developmental challenge in the Global South in general…

African Studies Economic Development Economic History Economics Social Sciences

Jokey Horse-Jockey North-South Rapport

by Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango

Diagnostic-cum-Prognostic-Academic Perspectives on Who Truly Depends on Whom No doubt. North-South relationship involving poor and rich countries is very convoluted; based and built on…

Development Studies Human & Civil Rights Politics Social Sciences

Biographies de la Radicalisation

by Mirjam de Bruijn

Des messages cachés du changement social La radicalisation est devenue un mot désignant notre monde en couleurs négatives. Ce livre cherche à comprendre ce…

African Culture Social Sciences

Words and Worlds of Wisdom: An African Cosmology

by Fonkeng E.F.

Words of wisdom within the African context, conjure the foundational thoughts of ancestors, thoughts which, today find themselves in the public sphere. With its…

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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.