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| Author | : Jude Thaddeus Dingbobga Fokwang |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Cameroon |
| ISBN | : 9956558648 |
Download Mediating Legitimacy: Chieftaincy and Democratisation in Two African Chiefdoms Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This study analyses the effects of democratic transition in two African countries - Cameroon and South Africa - on chiefs and the institution of chieftainship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the monograph explores the cultural and socio-political conditions that enabled chiefs to reinvent themselves in the new era of democratic politics despite their status as 'old political actors'. It explores the kinds of legitimacies claimed by chiefs in the new era and the responses of their subjects to such claims, particularly with respect to chiefs' involvement in national politics. The monograph makes a case for the importance of comparative research on chiefs in the era of democracy and the predicaments they face therein. It contends that contrary to exhortations about the incompatibility of chiefs and democracy, the reality is that political transition in both South Africa and Cameroon produced contradictions, creating space and a role for chiefs in a fascinating and negotiated interplay of legitimacies and history.
| Author | : F. Ndi |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2009-05-15 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 9956716480 |
Download Musings On Ars Poetica Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A literary monument erected by a poet for poets with a vision for poetry as a special annunciation and the poet as a seer, spokesperson, recorder, analyst, adjudicator and advocate with poetic vision and poetic understanding. Bill Ndi, the poet has the rare gift of slipping into the self and psyche of his society to empty the dark depths where the treasures of burden and sadness are hidden. He empties and exposes them to the world to see how even personal repression of feelings by far outweighs those imposed throughout History by tyrants. It is above all, his greatest task of filling these depths with the joys and expectations of the society. This objective stance by the poet places him above the fanatic whose subjectivity pushes the world adrift and makes of the poet a universal man of peace.
| Author | : Susan Nkwentie Nde |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9956558664 |
Download Second Engagement Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Baimiao, shuanggou, gongbi, xieyi, and mogu. These words define unique Chinese painting techniques or methods, each of which is seized by the artists whose work is shown in the exhibition, Brilliant Strokes: Chinese Paintings from the Mactaggart Art Collection, at the University of Alberta Museums in 2008. These paintings span a period of five hundred years, from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. "Brilliant Strokes", the book, is a stunning accompaniment to the exhibition: art enthusiasts and readers intrigued by Asian art are invited to tour its luminous pages. It is co-published with University of Alberta Museums." --Book Jacket.
| Author | : Shadrach Ambanasom |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2009-08-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9956716316 |
Download Son of the Native Soil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Son of the Native Soil is a work whose quiet maturity glows in both subject and style. Here, love heals but the force of hate is very real. The hero, Lucas Achamba, by charisma and love undertakes to unite Dudum clan which politicking and egotism have split. His quick success stirs bitter rivalry and heartless cruelty that decide his fate. Nature is jumpy and even hysterical at this, and Ambanasom exposes it with fine evocative mastery. The style is refined and honeyed by sonal devices and visual tropes that half conceal subtle slashes at human foibles.
| Author | : John Nkemngong Nkengasong |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Cameroon |
| ISBN | : 9956558656 |
Download Letters to Marion (And the Coming Generations) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this rich and compelling collection of poems the author explores the recesses of the imagination to reveal the different facets of contemporary experience. In doing this he highlights the social, the spiritual, and the metaphysical functions of poetry. The reader will find in the collection sincere expressions of feelings and penetrating thoughts, the genuine tone, spirit and taste of poetry and its ability to provide contemplative clues to prevailing circumstances. The preponderance of stimulating imagery and the overall display of ingenious poeticality reveal the poet as one imbued with a fertile imagination and prove as well that poetry remains the most noble of art through which one understands and comes to terms with the hidden secrets of the universe.
| Author | : Peter W. Vakunta |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 86 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 9956558893 |
Download Straddling the Mungo: A Book of Poems in English and French Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection makes a forceful case that official bilingualism is not a pipe-dream, but rather a powerful modus operandi with the potential to ease a myriad of socio-political bottlenecks.
| Author | : Joyce Ashuntantang |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Authors |
| ISBN | : 995655829X |
Download Landscaping Postcoloniality. The Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a foundational text on the production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature. The Republic of Cameroon is a bilingual country with English and French as the official languages. Ashuntantang shows that the pattern of production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature is not only framed by the minority status of English and English-speaking Cameroonians within the Republic of Cameroon, but is also a reflection of a postcolonial reality in Africa where mostly African literary texts published by western multi-national corporations are assured wide international accessibility and readership. This book establishes that in spite of these setbacks, Anglophone Cameroon writers have produced a corpus of work that has enriched the genres of prose, poetry and drama, and that these texts deserve a wider readership.
| Author | : Tikum Mbah Azonga |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9956558419 |
Download Cup Man and Other Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a collection of eight fictional short stories on themes such as the intrigues of the civil service, drunkenness, theft, matrimonial relations and living as an African immigrant in the West.
| Author | : Kehbuma Langmia |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 62 |
| Release | : 2009-05-15 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9956715050 |
Download Evil Meal of Evil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the young wife of Dohbani epitomizes what is wrong with coerced marriages. A group of blood thirsty vampires popularly known in the village as members of 'Nda Saah' superstitiously kill targeted individuals purposely to enrich themselves. Sunyin, the protagonist in the play suffers from a premature widowhood simply because her father Njukebim forced her into marrying Dohbani. As the play unravels with the culprit of 'Nda Saah' brought to justice, questions still linger about the fate of 'Ntisong'. This play examines the advantages and disadvantages of 'black art' mysticism in Africa.
| Author | : Walter Gam |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2010-04-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9956717878 |
Download Voicing the Voiceless Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The history of the subalterns, also known as the history of the voiceless, took currency in the early 1980s in South East Asia and has been dominated by scholars from that region. Despite its popularity, the history of the voiceless has not gained the attention it deserves in Cameroon historiography. In other parts of Africa and beyond this type of history has already taken root and animated scholarly production and debate. Cameroon history has been replete with studies that focus mostly on political history and the actions and intentions of top politicians of the day, with scant regard for the historical importance of the everyday life of ordinary Cameroonians as makers and breakers. This book takes a bold step in the direction of subaltern studies in Cameroon, and makes a clarion call for the institutionalization of voicing the voiceless. Nkwi - innovative and stimulating in his blend of history and ethnography of the everyday - offers fresh insights into the contextual understandings of subaltern Cameroon between 1958 and 2009. This is a welcome contribution to closing gaps in social history, from a leader amongst a budding new generation of historians of Cameroon and Africa.
