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[Just Published] Jail Verse: Poems from Kondengui Prison by Enoh MeyomesseEnoh Meyomesse (2014). Jail Verse: Poems from Kondengui Prison. UK, English PEN. Paperback, 108 Pages. Price, $11.90. Available on Lulu.com. In late 2013, English PEN launched a crowd-sourced translation of the volume of poetry Cameroonian activist and poet Enoh Meyomesse... The Ndedi Eyango Dual Nationality Saga: When the Stranger is CameroonianA guest commentary by Boh Herbert As a teenager, I loved and read up what we called "cowboy novels", for lack of a better name. In one of the novels from The Saint series - (I believe it was) -... New TV Campaign Celebrates the "Sapeurs" of Congo BrazavilleA new Guinness TV campaign launched today in the UK pays tribute to the "Sapeurs" (Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People) of the Congo whom Daniele Tamagni describes in Gentlemen of Bacongo as "elegant and immaculately dressed dandies" who "dress... [Just Published] Incisive Journalism in Cameroon: The Best of "Cameroon Report" (1978-1986)Sam-Nuvala Fonkem (Editor). December 2013. Incisive Journalism in Cameroon: The Best of "Cameroon Report" (1978-1986). Langaa, Bamenda, 276 pages. [Paperback]. Available on Amazon.com. About the book: Working for Cameroon state-owned Radio in the 1970s and '80s meant toeing the official... Nelson Mandela: A Man of his Time, and Above his TimeRolihlahla Nelson Mandela, born 18 July 1918; died 5 December 2013 Originally published in The Independent Nelson Mandela was a man, always, of his time. Yet he was, paradoxically, one who in some ways stood apart from – and even... [Interactive Map] Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2013The Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world. The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to... Commonwealth Releases Final Report on 2013 Legislative & Municipal Elections in CameroonThe Commonwealth Expert Team which monitored the September 30, 2013 legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon has released its final report. Tteam observed among other things that: Biometric registration brought about better management of the voters’ register. This resulted in... Justice Ulric Cross, Former West Cameroon Attorney General (1961-66), DiesJustice Phillip Louis Ulrich Cross, Attorney -General for West Cameroon from 1961 to 1966 has died in Port of Spain, Trinidad, at age 96. A native of Trinidad, Justice Ulrich Cross arrived in Cameroon in 1960 from Ghana to take... Justice Ulric Cross, Former West Cameroon Attorney General (1961-66), Dies in TrinidadJustice Phillip Louis Ulrich Cross, Attorney -General for West Cameroon from 1961 to 1966 has died in Port of Spain, Trinidad, at age 96. A native of Trinidad, Justice Ulrich Cross arrived in the British Southern Cameroons in 1960 from... Dorothée Danedjo Fouba: ‘A Good Blogger Must Already Have the Intrinsic Qualities of All Good Journalists’Interviewed by Dibussi Tande (Originally published on Global Voices Online and translated from French by Andrew Kowalczuk) Digital journalism is booming in Africa thanks to the efforts of people like Cameroonian blogger and multimedia journalist Dorothée Danedjo Fouba, whose online... |