Voicing African Voices

Social Sciences

Stereotyping Africa

by Emmanuel Fru Doh

Surprising Answers to Surprising Questions Characteristically, Africans in any Western country are asked so many different questions about “Africa,” as Westerners love to refer…

African Studies Education and Teaching Social & Political Aspects Social Sciences

Genuine Intellectuals

by Bernard Nsokika Fonlon

Academic and Social Responsibilities of Universities in Africa This book, slim as it looks, took Bernard Nsokika Fonlon the best part of five laborious…

Social Sciences Sociology

Youth and Nation-Building in Cameroon

by Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

A Study of National Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse (1949-2009} This meticulous and comprehensive documentation of Cameroonian Youth Day Messages and leadership discourse…

Anthropology Social Sciences

Mediating Legitimacy

by Jude Fokwang

Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries – Cameroon and South Africa…

Anthropology ICTs Science, Technology, Medecine Social Sciences

Mobile Phones

by Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis B. Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman

The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa ‘We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone’ is a frequent comment when Africans are asked…

Development Studies Economic Development Economics Social Sciences

Croissance et Développement au Cameroun

by Aloysius Ajab Amin and Jean-Luc Dubois

D’une Croissance Equilibrée à un Développement Equitable Croissance et Développement au Cameroun: D’une Croissance Equilibrée à un Développement Equitable, livre qui porte sur l’économie…

Media & Communication Studies Social Sciences

The Power in the Writer

by Mwalimu George Ngwane

Collected Essays on Culture, Democracy and Development in Africa The book examines the creative industries of Cameroon and Africa and makes bold the cultural…

Religion Social Sciences

Si Dieu était tout un chacun de nous?

by Samuel Ebelle Kingue

If Each One Of Us Would Be God? Is a hypothesis that rejects the logic of religious institutions with their ability to limit the…

Anthropology Social Sciences

The Strangers of New Bell

by Lynn Schler

Immigration, Public Space and Community in Colonial Douala, Cameroon, 1914-1960 Confusion, struggle, commotion and absurdity: these characterise the urban encounter between the African immigrant…

Social Sciences Sociology

Urban Appropriation and Transformation

by Ignasio Malizani Jimu

Bicycle Taxi and Handcart Operators This book is about emerging informal responses to unemployment in Malawi. To the bicycle taxi and handcart operators who…

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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.