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Book Review: An Exegetic Reading of Otsiemi's La vie est un sale boulotReviewer: Peter Wuteh Vakunta, Ph.D. La vie est un sale boulot (2009) finds a niche in the corpus of sociological novels[1] on two counts. Primarily, the text arises out of a social context plagued by ontological problems. The backdrop against... Tori Shweet for Cameroon Pidgin EnglishTori Shweet for Cameroon Pidgin English is a compendium of short stories written in Cameroonian creole, commonly called Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE). The grassfields of Cameroon serve as the nursery of these stories.The collection comprises animal trister tales, bird survival... New Book: Takumbeng and Other Poems from AbakwaThis collection of poems celebrates the prowess of the Takembeng, a militant female secret society in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. The poems address human rights violations, rape of democracy, misgovernment, and other forms of societal ills that plague post-colonial... Termites in Cameroon!By Peter Vakunta, Ph.D Termites everywhere in Ongola! The makanana and ilk are termites. Termites don’t build; They're not bridge-builders; They're grave-diggers of the nation. They destroy; they annihilate. That's the modus operandi of termites. The folks at the helm... Cry of the Environment: A Review of Ngong’s Blot on the Landscape (Langaa, 2015)Reviewer: Peter Vakunta, Ph.D. Blot on the Landscape is Ngong’s lament for an abused environment. The poet uses poetic license to engage with issues relating to the intersection of poetry, politics and environmental activism as seen in the following excerpt:... New Book! Stream of Consciousness: Poetics of the UniversalPoetry has the potential to serve as a double-edged weapon. In Stream of Consciousness: Poetics of the Universal, Vakunta stirs the hornet’s nest, calls a spade a spade and throws gibes at emasculators of social justice. Vakunta refuses to sit... New Book: Poems from Abakwa in Cameroon Pidgin EnglishPoems from Abakwa in Cameroon Pidgin English is the poet’s attempt at capturing in print the speech mannerisms of the proverbial man in the street in Cameroon. Pidgin English, also called Cameroonian Creole, is a lingua franca spoken throughout the... Tribute to TakumbengTakumbeng, Women of steel; women of valor, Fire-splitting females unfazed by Mbiayaism[1], You refuse to be cowed into submission By the gestapo of LRC[2] Takumbeng, Female dare-devils In whose unyielding hands Scatology and nudity serve as lethal ammo Against emasculators... Cameroonian Sodom and Gomorrah!By Martin Eyong Tabe IRIC ADMISSION SCANDAL AND THE YAOUNDE REGIME ……..President Biya intervening in the matter simply confirms the spirit of Nicolas Machiavelli, the father of all lies and deceit in leadership. This entails someone creating a problem in... Existential Maxims: A Review of Lamnyam’s Strive to be HappyReviewer: Peter Vakunta, Ph.D. Esther Lamnyam, celebrated author of Love under the Kola Tree: What City Moms Didn’t Tell You about Creating Fulfilling Relationships (2009) has come up with yet another powerful tool intended to enable readers to live impactful... |