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Biography and Memoir Journalism Journalists Publishers Publishing and Writing Writers

Is Every Cab Driver Called Roger?

by Mounira Chaieb

This is a book of anecdotes – a product of my reflections on both my personal and professional life as a young Tunisian female…

Biography and Memoir Journalism Personal Memoir Publishing and Writing

Language, Thought, Art & Existence

by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

Creative Nonfictions This book comprises 19 creative non-fiction pieces and essays centred around the topics of language, thought, art and existence seen through the…

Journalism Publishing and Writing

Snapshots: An X-ray of Cameroon’s Democracy, Governance and Unification

by Sam-Nuvala Fonkem

In the 1960s and 1970s, Third World governments prescribed and imposed a certain kind of journalism variously called ‘objective’ journalism or ‘development journalism’. They…

Journalism Publishing and Writing

Incisive Journalism in Cameroon

by Sam-Nuvala Fonkem

The Best of “Cameroon Report” (1978 – 1986) Working for Cameroon state-owned Radio in the 1970s and ’80s meant toeing the official line and…

Journalism Publishing and Writing

Zimbabwe: The Blame Game

by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

Zimbabwe: The Blame Game is a cycle of creative non-fiction pieces, pulling the readers through the politics of modern day Zimbabwe. Like in any…

Essays & Opinion Journalism Politics Publishing and Writing

No Trifling Matter

by Godfrey B. Tangwa

Contributions of an Uncompromising Critic to the Democratic Process in Cameroon No Trifling Matter is a collection of controversial, critical weekly commentary on the…

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 500 titles, mainly on Cameroon, but also on other African countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, 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.