Cameroon
Language Learning Self-Defense
May 14, 2012
By Peter Vakunta,PhD Introduction Generally speaking, learners of foreign languages embark on the apprenticeship cruise with great enthusiasm. But, the excitement of courting a new linguistic bride soon metamorphoses into crippling angst and apathy. This turn of events is attributable……
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Tags: An Overview of Cameroon Prison Literature From Albert Mukong to Titus Edzoa
May 14, 2012
By Dibussi Tande In the last six months, three former high-ranking government officials currently in jail for a variety of financial crimes have published books about their prison experience. These books also explain their own version of events that landed……
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Albatross Affair: Mebara Found Not Guilty on Three of Five Charges
May 4, 2012
By Dibussi Tande The Mfoundi High Court this evening, May 3, 2012, found Mr. Atangana Mebara, former Secretary-General at the Presidency, not guilty of three of the five charges against him in the “Albatross Affair”, the botched attempt to purchase……
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Another Dry Season Of Discontent
April 29, 2012
By Joseph M. Ndifor I’m not an economist, but every once in a while, our vials of criticisms, directed at the occupant of Cameroon’s Unity Palace, elicit some counter economic arguments from critics that are worth noting. In response to……
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Former Minister of State Atangana Mebara in His Own Words: How I Ended Up in Kondengui
April 26, 2012
Culled from Atangana Mebara, Jean-Marie. 2011. Lettres d’ailleurs: dévoilements préliminaires d’une prise de l’Epervier du Cameroun. Paris: Harmattan. On August 1, 2008, Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara, former the Minister of Higher Education, former Secretary-General at the Presidency, and former Minister of……
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Just Published! The Cameroon Condition by George Ngwane
April 24, 2012
Ngwane, George. 2012. The Cameroon Condition. Kansas, Missouri: Miraclaire Publishers. 240 pages. Available online at Createspace. ($ 20.00) Preface by Chief Charles A.Taku: I am pleased to provide this preface to ‘The Cameroonian Condition’ which is a collection of previously acclaimed……
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My New Book: Epigrams
April 22, 2012
Reviews “Bill Ndi’s Epigrams forces the mind to reconsider the world ostensibly transformed into a canvas, life a painting and events varied shades that facilitate or complicate emerging renditions. Thematically and stylistically eclectic and puzzling at times—hence the lushness of……
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Peeking Beneath the Veil of the Albatross: Why Inoni and Marafa are in Jail
April 19, 2012
By Dibussi Tande Even though it was not completely unexpected, the arrest of Chief Inoni Ephraim, former Prime Minister and Head of Government, and Hamidou Marafa Yaya, former Minister of State in Charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, is a……
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Cameroon: Ephraim Inoni, Hamidou Marafa Detained
April 17, 2012
George MBELLA (Cameroon Tribune) Both former State officials were whisked off to the Kondengui Central Prison, Yaounde on Monday. Former Prime Minister and Head of Government, Chief Ephraim Inoni, and former Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration, Marafa Hamidou……
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Synopsis: Mockery of Paul Biya by French Journalists:
April 15, 2012
Biya is President of Cameroon since 1982 yet nothing has changed in his country. He has earned the nickname ‘Roi Faineant’ [Lazy King].The last time he attended a ministerial meeting was in 2009. He rules the country high-handedly having made……
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