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When the Sun Turns Red

A Review of When the Sun Turns Red

In the tradition of the outpouring of emotions through all the expressions of song and dance, storytelling and now poetry, the war declared by Cameroon’s President Biya, against his country’s minority English-speaking population has delivered a burst of creativity amongst the long-suffering, determined yet marginalized population, like no other incentive in its 61 plus years…

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A Review of Protecting Minority Language Rights

his is another seminal piece of work by an erudite scholar, writer, Advocate, and Pan-Africanist, Mwalimu George Ngwane on a contemporary issue that straddles academic and professional disciplines such as law, ethnology, linguistics, literature, human rights, heritage studies, and languages. The author has demonstrated his unmatched knowledge and knitted experiences of identity, cultural heritage and…

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Book Review: What God Has Put Asunder

Ngome’s fictional work titled What God Has Put Asunder is a parody of a contemporary postcolonial African country, perhaps the Republic of Cameroon. Set against the backdrop of conflictual co-existence within the confines of an orphanage, this skillfully crafted drama takes the reader down memory lane. Ngome conveys his vision of postcoloniality and its vestiges…

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Africa’s Path to Economic Development

By Victor N. Gomia More than six decades after independence, the African continent remains on the last rung of world's economic ladder, not because there isn't potential but largely because respective and successive leaderships as well as the continent's peoples lack the fortitude to DARE. The continent's history is littered with pockets of civil strife, civil…

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