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Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group
Welcome to Langaa RPCIG
The mission of Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) is to contribute to the cultural development and renaissance of Africa. This is achieved by conducting research, providing training in research and writing, and publishing and promoting African scholarship and creative writing. Langaa, not set up for monetary profit-making, is supported by founding members and other contributors, financial grants and efforts of volunteers.
Langaa is physically located in Bamenda and Buea (Cameroon), although its members and volunteers operate from different parts of the world. So far, Langaa has published over 100 titles, mainly on Cameroon, but also on other African countries like Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Outstanding scholars and ordinary people familiar with the Cameroonian and African context provide editorial guidance. Each manuscript is systematically reviewed before a publication decision. Peer reviews, reader reports, and editorial changes are stored as evidence of the rigour of Langaa’s processes.
Latest books
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I Will Fly: A Collection of Poems
2012, author(s)-editor(s)I Will Fly is a collection of 52 poems which bring to life a story of struggle and hope, the struggle of ordinary Cameroonians who daily entertain hardship, and of English-speaking Cameroonians born into a minority population. Disgruntlement leads to protests; but what happens when the protests fail to yield? Immigration and resignation, the latter, at times, becoming an invitation to death. Adventure and romance stand as the lifeline of others. Hope is a constant companion in these (...) -
Economics of Banana Production and Marketing in the Tropics: A Case Study of Cameroon
2012, author(s)-editor(s) ,In most African countries, banana production has been consigned to subsistence production. However, a few countries, especially in Francophone West Africa, have recognised the commercial importance of banana, and have used their special relationship with France to export bananas. This has led to the dualization of the banana sector, with the traditional system existing side by side with a modern sector geared towards export trade. This book is one of the few comprehensive studies that have (...) -
Les Aventures Maritimes: Recit Autobiographique d’Edward Coxere
2012, author(s)-editor(s)Pour réveiller l’intérêt du public du sort qui aurait été pendant longtemps celui de ce délice de récit d’aventure, Bill F. Ndi passe par Fontenelle pour ainsi justifier sa mission traductrice. Il s’agit d’une traduction du titre original anglais, Adventures by Sead’Edward Coxere, qui tient toute son importance du fait qu’elle permet de mettre en évidence les grandes lignes de l’évolution des idées et des mentalités dans la société anglaise du 17ème siècle. Cette traduction que nous offre Bill F. Ndi est (...) -
Message in a Mobile: Mixed-Messages, Tales of Missing and Mobile Communities at the University of Khartoum
2011, author(s)-editor(s)This detailed, meticulous ethnographic study on mobile phone use among Nuba students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan, distinguishes itself from other studies by taking a focused look at the linguistic content of mobile phone interactions via text-messaging, portraying it as a site for the expression of personalized and affective language. While men and women appear to be equally aggressive consumers and producers of text-message poetry, women are formally discouraged in using the (...) -
Voices from Africa and Beyond: A Collection of Poems
2011, author(s)-editor(s)In this collection Ayuninjam attempts to capture his sentiments on many plains. He also takes the liberty to capture the sentiments of other persons in his life and in society as a whole as well as the sentiments of other creatures that are part of the chain of life. As a result, much of what follows is occasional poetry, as he has more often than not responded or reacted to his sensations while also being a surrogate for those who could (or would) not express theirs. Having lived abroad (...)
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