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Anthropology

Nima-Maamobi in Ghana’s Postcolonial Development

by Charles Prempeh

Migration, Islam and Social Transformation This book provides a deep insight into the socio-economic reality and complexity of two of Ghana’s largest slums –…

African Culture Anthropology Social Sciences

In Pursuit of an African Traditional Dance

by Thomas Jing

An Afrocentric Historical Study of Buum Oku Dance Yaounde Africa is rich in (neo) traditional dances; yet, not much exists in the form of…

African Studies Anthropology Social Sciences

Nationalism, Politics & Anthropology

by Ilana van Wyk and Jimmy Pieterse

A Tale of Two South Africans In this book, Ilana van Wyk and Jimmy Pieterse interrogate the question of political subjectivity and its role…

Anthropology Social Sciences

The Gospel Sounds Like the Witch’s Spell

by Kiyoshi Umeya

Dealing with Misfortune among the Jopadhola of Eastern UgandaThe Gospel Sounds Like the Witch’s Spell is a highly detailed ethnography about how the Jopadhola…

Anthropology Essays and Opinions Featured Politics Social Sciences

Incompleteness

by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Donald Trump, Populism and CitizenshipThis is a study of how Donald J. Trump, his populist credentials notwithstanding, borrows without acknowledgment and stubbornly refuses to…

African Studies Anthropology Development Studies Social Sciences

Patrolling Epistemic Borders in a World of Borderless Pandemics

by Artwell Nhemachena, Rewai Makamani and Munyaradzi Mawere

Epistemological Policemen in COVID-19 Afflicted 21st Century AfricaThe global epistemological gendarmerie do not only police epistemologies but they also infect the world with infectious…

Anthropology Social Sciences

Community Stewardship

by Abel Ndeh Sanjou-Tadzong

Ours is a world that is constituted and reinvented through the personal and shared stories we tell. In the spirit and understanding that each…

Anthropology Development Studies Media & Communication Studies Social Sciences

Mobile Assemblages and Maendeleo in Rural Keny

by Leah Jerop Komen

In this book, Leah Komen explores the impact of mobile telephony on the lives of people in rural Kenya. The book analyses the outcomes…

African Studies Anthropology Social Sciences

From #RhodesMustFall Movements to #HumansMustFall Movements

by Bornway Mwanyara Chiripanhura, Artwell Nhemachena and Jairos Kangira

African Liberation Movements in the Age of the Transhumanist Geographies of Death Might it be possible that the world is being migrated into an…

African Studies Anthropology Social Sciences

From Handmaiden of Colonialism to Esteemed Discipline

by Paul Nchoji Nkwi

Professor Paul Nchoji Nkwi on the Reinvention of Anthropology in Africa This book documents key features in the life of the father of anthropology…

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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.