Oriki Badan

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Oriki'badan

Fru Doh
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Author : Fru Doh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789956716869

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Oriki'badan by Fru Doh Pdf

ORIKI'BADAN, is an entertaining, revealing, and equally didactic poem in which Doh, through an enchanting metaphorical backdrop, recaptures a memorable era-rich, diverse, challenging, yet gratifying-in the life of a distinguished institution-the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Characteristically bitter about those in power and the socio-political state of affairs on the African continent, this is a rare shot of Doh paying glaring tribute to his alma mater along with the distinguished faculty and student body that gave Ibadan its character during his days there as a student.

Nomenclatural Poetization and Globalization

T. Ankumah
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Author : T. Ankumah
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789956792528

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Nomenclatural Poetization and Globalization by T. Ankumah Pdf

This prolific collection of essays, with contributions from scholars from across several disciplines, on the practice and implications of namingNomenclatural Poetization and Globalizationexplores diverse concerns in onomastics, such as cultural and ethnic implications as well as individual identity formation processes in the age of Globalization and extends these to a variety of contemporary theories of appreciation and internationalization.

Fears, Doubts and Joys of Not Belonging

Hart Fishkin,F. Ndi
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Author : Hart Fishkin,F. Ndi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956791064

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Fears, Doubts and Joys of Not Belonging by Hart Fishkin,F. Ndi Pdf

This book is an opportune warning that alienation, estrangement and intentional diminishment serve as a cancer upon those who disburse it. The outsider suffers by being alone; the insider suffers even more by being forever known as a hypocrite who perpetuates dystopia. It uses literature as a hothouse for poisonous potted plants, the workings of a mind in turmoil and the exploration of a society or societies that seems to derive pleasure from others ruin. Fears, Doubts, and Joy of Not Belonging considers themes that are biblical in scope from different societies and historical epochs. It is a sobering spiritual enlightenment of a childs silent treatment in adult form. The text complements language engineers and social scientists who are on a quest or search for how the individual responds to pressure that is unexpected, ill-conceived and in desperate need of alleviation. Not only does this particular type of cancer differ from the type a surgeon can treat, the stage at which this malady is diagnosed causes far more problems than if it were dealt with head on. Pursuing numerous examples of estrangement, this diverse text delves into a wide spectrum of human behavior while coming to the realization that these problems are universal and have been with us for a long, long time. The purpose of resistance, individuality and personal identity is to rise above these obstacles without losing hope, resilience or optimism.

Challenge of Culture in Africa

N. Fonlon
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Author : N. Fonlon
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956579730

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Challenge of Culture in Africa by N. Fonlon Pdf

This book was first published as a two-part essay in 1965 and 1967 in ABBIA Cameroon Cultural Review under the title Idea of Culture. Its main argument is that indigenous Africans cultures must be the foundation on which the modern African cultural structure should be raised; the soil into which the new seed should be sown; the stem into which the new scion should be grafted; the sap that should enliven the entire organism. This culture, the object of imperialist mockery and rejected, needs rehabilitation. However, such rehabilitation of African culture cannot be a mere archaeological enterprise. It will not answer to dig up the past and live it as it was. Not only is African culture not without its imperfections, times change and African culture must adapt itself, at every turn, to the changing times. In restoring African culture, it is imperative to steer clear of two extremes: on the one hand, the imperialist arrogance which declared everything African as only fit for the scrap-heap and the dust-bin, and, on the other hand, the overly enthusiastic and rather naive tendency to laud every aspect of African culture as if it were the quintessence of human achievement.

The Earth Mother

Kehbuma Langmia
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Author : Kehbuma Langmia
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789956578603

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The Earth Mother by Kehbuma Langmia Pdf

The fight against evil remains at the core of this play, pitting Kamsi and her supporters against a few daring councillors. Skilfully scripted by a renowned actor and playwright, this drama exposes the alliances and explosive tensions in Nyong village overwhelmed by unseen but supposedly harmful forces. Spiced with witty proverbs and humour, The Earth Mother will not fail to thrill its readers.

Wading the Tide

Fru Doh
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Author : Fru Doh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789956717040

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Wading the Tide by Fru Doh Pdf

Wading the Tide is an expression of profound emotions touching on a wide range of issues-personal and political-from the birth of the Cameroon nation, her political meandering, until the state of emergency declared on the North West Province in 1992. Accordingly, Doh complains, ridicules, and pays tribute, even as he instructs and guides on timeless matters of life, all in an effort to draw attention to his country's gradual, downward spiral into anomy.

Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon

N. Chia,C. Suh
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Author : N. Chia,C. Suh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789956716272

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Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon by N. Chia,C. Suh Pdf

Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon is the first volume of a book series of the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) of the University of Buea. It opens a window into the wide dynamic and interesting area of translation and interpretation in a multilingual Cameroon that had on the eve of independence and unification opted for official bilingualism in French and English. The book comprises contributions from scholars of translation in the broad area of translation, comprising: the concept of translation and its pedagogy, the history of translation and, the state of the art of translation as a discipline, profession and practice. The book also focuses on acquisition of translation competences through training, and chronicles the history of translation in Cameroon through the contributions of both Cameroonian and European actors from the German through the French and English colonial periods to the postcolonial present in their minutia. Rich, original and comprehensive, the book is a timely and invaluable contribution to the growing community of translators and interpreters in Africa and globally.

Tussles. Collected Plays

D. Nyamndi
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Author : D. Nyamndi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789956717156

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Tussles. Collected Plays by D. Nyamndi Pdf

This collection groups together four plays - The Bite, Things Fall in Place, The Will and The Imprisonment of Sende Ghandi - written between 1995 and 2006. The plays in this volume dramatize a comprehensive world view. Through characters and themes chosen for their power to articulate the intended message, the plays paint a convincing and at times funny picture of human beings tussling with daily life. With clearly non-reductionist purpose, the actions all eschew the narrow minority questions so dominant in Cameroon Anglophone drama and instead reach out to concerns of a broader nature. In these plays Nyamndi does more than entertain. He reaches into the psychology of human relations and individual drives, and intimates responses to occasioned challenges. His wide, penetrating mind meanders in society: detecting the drunk before he takes his first drop; uncovering the embezzler even before he lays his hands on the collective holding; steeling the masses before the calamities of misrule descend on them; hoisting the flag of freedom long before revolutionaries come anywhere near the mast. He uses the play for healing purposes.

Cameroon: The Stakes and Challenges of Governance and Development

Nsoh Fonchingong,Bobuin Gemandze
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Author : Nsoh Fonchingong,Bobuin Gemandze
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956715619

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Cameroon: The Stakes and Challenges of Governance and Development by Nsoh Fonchingong,Bobuin Gemandze Pdf

This book deals with the important subject of governance and development. Even more significantly, the book has the merits of critically evaluating the concept of good governance in an African context, identifying the internal factors that impinge on good governance and development, and proposing solutions. It provides empirical evidence on the extent to which inappropriate governing strategies are the main internal obstacle to development in Cameroon. The authors discuss factors contributing to precarious and problematic governance from multidisciplinary perspectives, and demonstrate the extent to which such inadequacies impede positive social change. To promote effective development, the authors argue for the implementation of a good governance strategy that comprises, inter alia: adopting appropriate development strategies; decentralizing administration to make for popular participation and ensure accountability; taking the necessary steps to fight corruption; and ensuring the enforcement of property and cultural rights.

Forest Echoes

Nol Alembong
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Author : Nol Alembong
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789956715770

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Forest Echoes by Nol Alembong Pdf

Forest Echoes is a literary quilt revealing a mature poet bestriding generations as he patches together a people's culture, their philosophy, history, along with their attendant woes into a subtle, sometimes disillusioning even, yet purposeful and poignant whole. Nol Alembong is not afraid to be himself in this work: a scholar, teacher, parent, traditionalist and, above all, an Anglophone-Cameroonian. Whatever the case, these are magisterial and equally influential individual traits that have merged into a united whole in forging this poet's identity and concerns as evident from the thematic panorama of the poems. In "Forest Echoes", the title poem, for example, one encounters a poet who, though steeped in his people's struggles, has been able to stand back, watch and evaluate the effects of the interactions of time, events, and society. It is this ability of his, as an involved yet detached observer, along with the trend of events that have scarred his people's lives, which have yielded the powerful emotions that he has assembled in this thematically lush, historically nostalgic, and overwhelmingly evocative collection." - Dr. Emmanuel Fru Doh

The Bad Samaritan

Alobwed'Epie Alobwed'Epie
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Author : Alobwed'Epie Alobwed'Epie
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789956716333

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The Bad Samaritan by Alobwed'Epie Alobwed'Epie Pdf

The Bad Samaritan is set in a kleptomaniac and highly corrupt imaginary African country called Ewawa. Due to mismanagement, financial institutions collapse. Salaries are slashed and there is unprecedented unemployment leading to country exodus. Professor Esole and his wife are not only aggrieved by the salary slashes, but also by the dubious closure of the Post Office Savings Bank with their savings. Desperate for money, they resort to borrowing from private sources at exorbitant interest rates. Esole toddles into politics with the aim of righting things. Will his nave approach to politics make or mar?

Laughing Store

Linus Tongwo Asong
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Author : Linus Tongwo Asong
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9789956578320

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Laughing Store by Linus Tongwo Asong Pdf

Laughing Store is just what we need in times of troubles and uncertainties such as these. A book of humour from an acclaimed master of laughter, it lifts our hearts and raises our spirits. Jokes that touch about every domain of existence - from sex to religion, from births to deaths, from politics to the beer parlour, from the courtroom to the hospital. And most important of all, conceived in the supremely original Cameroonian flavour of jokes.

The Crabs of Bangui

Linus Asong
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Author : Linus Asong
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789956578016

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The Crabs of Bangui by Linus Asong Pdf

Every man lives for himself, using his freedoms to attain his personal aims, and feels with his whole being that he can at any moment perform or not perform this or that actionThe higher a man stands in the social scale, the more connections he has with others and the more power he has over them, the more conspicuous is the predestination and inevitability of every act he commits. Upon this philosophy, a former banker, Hansel Bolingo, suddenly finds [or makes] himself the regional representative of a Chinese firm that deals in crabs in Bangui. This catapults him into a position of instant wealth. His mouth-watering affluence draws immediate attention while his hypnotic powers cause hundreds of [not-so-honest]citizens to clamour for shares from which he builds up a huge fortune. But he soon discovers that he cannot deceive everybody all the time.

A Basket of Flaming Ashes

B. Ashuntantang
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Author : B. Ashuntantang
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789956616855

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A Basket of Flaming Ashes by B. Ashuntantang Pdf

Ashuntantang is an extraordinary weaver of words who showcases vivid pictures that compete with 3D simulation. Her greatest asset is her use of the beautiful traditional Cameroonian anchor that evokes folk tales with its moonlight romance and glory. You feel, laugh, weep, shiver, wonder, and hail the triumphant spirit of the persona as it navigates African postcolonial and global experiences with the melancholy of an exile who is purposeful, strategic, and a lot of fun.

Democratizing or Reconfiguring Predatory Autocracy? Myths and Realities in Africa Today

Tatah Mentan
Democratizing or Reconfiguring Predatory Autocracy Myths and Realities in Africa Today Book PDF

Author : Tatah Mentan
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956715633

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Democratizing or Reconfiguring Predatory Autocracy? Myths and Realities in Africa Today by Tatah Mentan Pdf

The celebrations that heralded democratic change in the 1990s in Africa have gradually faded into muffled cries of anger and attendant violence of despair. Almost everywhere on the continent so-called democratic leaders are openly subverting the people's will and disregarding national constitutions. Ordinary people find themselves removed from the centres of power, marginalized and reduced to helpless and hopeless onlookers as political leaders, their friends and families noisily enjoy the spoils of impunity. From Nigeria to Zimbabwe, Kenya to the Ivory Coast and Uganda to Cameroon, the writing is on the wall. The experiment with democracy has blatantly taken a dangerous nosedive. There is a crisis of honest, committed and democratic leadership, in spite of the advancements in education and intellectualism of the populace, and despite the influences of globalization and new understandings of governance. In this brief volume, Tatah Mentan makes an incisive diagnosis of how the "security forces" brutally crush protests against bids to stay in power through corrupt electoral practices as well as how opposition voices have been hunted down and crushed or intimidated into graveyard silence. This is a clarion call for Africans to embrace the values of People Power in synch with the dictates of the current global imperatives. There is no place for visionless leadership. Africans need to raise their voices to recapture their freedom.