[Interview] Mola Njoh Litumbe: Union between Southern Cameroons & La...
In this fiery Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) interview, Mola Njoh Litumbe explains why the 1961 (re)unification between the British Southern Cameroons and the French-speaking "La Republique du...
View ArticleMemory Lane (Nov. 4 & 6 1982): Ahidjo Resigns, Paul Biya is Sworn In (Audio)
On November 4, 1982, Ahmadou Ahidjo, president of the United Republic of Cameroon resigned from office and handed over to his Prime Minister, Paul Biya, who was sworn in on November 6, 1982. In this...
View Article[Music Review] Reflection: The Confident First Steps of a Budding Afro-Soul Star
A review by Dibussi Tande Artist: Daphne EP: Reflection Label: Stevens Music Entertainment Genres: World, Afro-Soul, Reggae Released: November 2014 Available on: iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play In an...
View ArticleFull Text (English): Law on the Suppression of Acts of Terrorism in Cameroon
Here is the full text in English of Law No. 2014/028 of 23 December 2014 on the suppression of acts of terrorism: Members of Cameroon's Rapid Intervention Battalion practice their marksmanships skills...
View ArticleStaving off Boko Haram: Why Cameroon Must Unilaterally Exercise the Right of...
By Dibussi Tande Cameroon can no longer remain on the defensive under the guise of respecting a neighbor’s sovereignty and territorial integrity when there is no effective sovereign on the other side...
View ArticleStaving off Boko Haram: Why Cameroon Must Unilaterally Exercise the Right of...
By Dibussi Tande Click here to read Part 1 Impact of Boko Haram Insurgency on (Northern) Cameroon Whatever the reasons for the failure of Nigeria’s military campaign against Boko Haram, the...
View ArticleCameroon Bloggers Launch #StopBokoHaram Campaign
Cameroonian bloggers working under the banner of the Cameroon Bloggers Association have launched a campaign to mobilize the Cameroonian public around the urgency of defeating the Islamist terrorist...
View Article[Video] Fotokol: Boko Haram Massacre Survivors Share their Ordeal
Click here for a selection of live tweets and Twitter commentary during the attack on Fotokol.
View ArticleGoodLuck Jonathan: "I promised the country free and fair elections. I have...
Full text of the concession statement by outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan after his defeat in the 2015 Presidential elections. Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out...
View ArticleMemory Lane (April 1984): Rare Audio Files from Coup Attempt in Cameroon
Find below a playlist containing two rare audio files. The first is the radio broadcast by 2nd Lt Yaya Adoum announcing the April 6, 1984 coup attempt in Cameroon, while the second is President Biya's...
View ArticleMemory Lane (January 2006): President Biya Defends Clandestine Migration to...
Excerpt of Speech by H.E. Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon, in Response to New Year Wishes from the Diplomatic Corps in Yaoundé, January 6, 2006. (My Translation. The French original...
View Article[Poetry] The Revolt of the Children of a Lesser God - Baltimore Today, LA...
As Baltimore burns over the death of Freddie Gray, we're once again reminded that today's reality is simply history repeating itself in a different form. Here, for example, is a poem that I wrote on...
View Article[Video] On the Frontline of Cameroon's War With Boko Haram
“Since the beginning of this year, the Cameroonian army has brought a modicum of peace; kidnappings and killings have decreased, but, until Nigerian forces take full control of Boko Haram areas, people...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 26, 1990): John Fru Ndi's Speech at the Launching of SDF
Speech delivered by Ni John Fru Ndi, National Chairman on the occasion of the launching of the Social Democratic Front, SDF, on May 26th 1990 at Ntarinkon Motor Park, Bamenda. "But what we see today is...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 26, 1990): University Students Organize Pro-Democracy...
By Dibussi Tande In Cameroonian politics, linking “les anglophones” with “le Nigeria” or “un pays voisin” in times of crisis is not an innocent act; it is a powerful tool for demonization and exclusion...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 26, 1990): The Launching of the SDF in Pictures
Here in pictures, the May 26, 1990 launching of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) in Bamenda which ended with the death of six individuals - Fidelis Chosi Mankam (Corn Mill Operator), Tifuh Mathias...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 26, 1990): The Social Democratic Front (SDF) is Launched in...
By Dibussi Tande Thanks to its stand-off with government and the sympathy generated by the Bamenda incident, the SDF was able to successfully present itself as a credible alternative to the ruling...
View ArticleMaroua the Martyr [A Poem]
By Dibussi Tande Beautiful offspring of the Sahel Land of shifting sands and shaded streets Land of Bilbil, Couscous and Folléré Land of overflowing hospitality Maroua the beautiful Boko Haram’s...
View ArticleImbolo Mbue's "Million-Dollar" Novel "Behold the Dreamers" Now Available on...
Imbolo Mbue. (March 15, 2016). Behold the Dreamers: A Novel. New York: Random House, 384 pages. Formats: Ebook, Audio, Hardcover. Available on pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It was...
View ArticlePatrice Nganang's Novel, "Mount Pleasant", Now Available on Pre-Order
Publication date set for 12 April 2016. Patrice Nganang. (April 2016). Mount Pleasant. A Novel (Translated from French by Amy Baram Reid). Farrar Straus Giroux. 384 pages. Click here to pre-order your...
View ArticleCameroon: Governance Performance on the Decline According to Ibrahim Foundation
Early this week, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation released the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) report for 2015. The report revealed that over the last four years, governance progress in Africa has...
View ArticlePresident Obama Deploys 300 Troops to Cameroon in War Against Boko Haram
Today, President Barack Obama sent a War Powers letter to Congress announcing the deployment of 300 U.S. Armed Forces personnel to Cameroon "with the consent of the Government of Cameroon." The letter...
View ArticleWhite House Press Secretary: No Combat Role for US Troops in Cameroon
"And so just to be clear about the U.S. military personnel that were deployed to Cameroon, they are armed but they are armed for the purposes of force protection and providing for their own security....
View ArticleRoll Call of Infamy (1): Boko Haram Suicide Bombings in Cameroon in 2015
By Dibussi Tande In 2015, Boko Haram carried out 34 separate suicide attacks in Cameroon, killing about 200 people and injuring close to 400. In July 2015, Boko Haram carried out its first ever suicide...
View Article[Video] Cameroonian Special Forces Take on Boko Haram Suicide Bombers
The far north region of Cameroon is frequently the target of deadly Boko Haram attacks, with the bombings most often perpetrated by suicide bombers. A team of FRANCE 24 journalists embedded with the...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 5, 1991): President Biya Awarded Controversial Honorary...
In April 1991, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the United States announced that it had awarded President Paul Biya an honorary doctor of laws degree, and that the President would travel to...
View ArticleAgro-Hub (Cameroon) Wins the 2016 Nestlé Creating Shared Value Prize
Nestlé has announced the winner of the Creating Shared Value Prize 2016. It is Agro-Hub from Cameroon. Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke presented the CHF 300,000 prize (312,120.99 USD) to Agro-Hub at the...
View ArticleAn Overview and Full Text (English) of the New Cameroon Penal Code
By Dibussi Tande President Paul Biya has signed into law, the bill relating to the (new) penal Code (Law No. 2016/007 of 12 July 2016). Prior to its adoption by Parliament last June, the penal code...
View ArticleMemory Lane (August 17, 1991): Bello Bouba Returns to Cameroon after a...
On August 17, 1991, Yerima Bello Bouba Maigari, the co-founder of the UNDP who had all along insisted that he was merely a “simple militant,” ended his seven-year exile in the northern Nigerian city of...
View ArticleMemory Lane ( October 30, 1991): The Tripartite Conference Begins
Dibussi Tande Thus, unable to force the government’s hand on the issue of a national conference, the opposition’s hope was that the tripartite conference could be transformed into a conference whose...
View ArticleThe Management of Diversity and the Cry of Common Law Lawyers in Cameroon
By Akere Muna* "The time has therefore come for our nation to put into place a new paradigm for the management of our cultural diversity. That is the price we must pay to find the true unity we seek...
View ArticleMemory Lane (December 1992): Bamenda Erupts after 173 Detainees are...
By Dibussi Tande On December 23, 1992, the Bamenda High Court (in case No. HCB/19.CRM/92, Nyo Wakai and 172 others vs. the State of Cameroon) released 173 individuals who had been arrested during the...
View ArticleA Day in Court in Biya’s Cameroon
By Edith Kah Walla A first person account by the leader of Cameroon People's Party (CPP) on what happened today, March 23, 2017, at the Yaounde Military Tribunal where human rights lawyer Felix Nkongho...
View ArticleAn Idiot's Guide to the Government of Cameroon's Response to Demands by...
Close to two years after the inaugural Cameroon Common Law Lawyers Conference in Bamenda, which called on the Government of Cameroon to respect the country's bicultural, bijural, and bilingual...
View ArticleMemory Lane (May 9, 2015): Common Law Lawyers in Cameroon Call for a Return...
On May 9 2015, lawyers from the Common Law jurisdictions of Cameroon met in Bamenda to discuss "The security and future of the Common Law in Cameroon." During this inaugural Common Law lawyers'...
View Article[Just Released] Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984
Originally published on Analog Africa What had happened to Bill Loko, the teenage super-star whose monster hit ‘Nen Lambo’ caused such a sensation? How did bandleader Eko Roosevelt go from Cameroonian...
View ArticleMemory Lane (Jan 1, 1960): Message of J.N. Foncha, Premier of Southern...
I wish to say how happy we of the Southern Cameroons are... We look forward to seeing you enter courageously among the sovereign nations of the world. In this happy venture we wish you God’s guidance....
View ArticleNow Available: Bearing Witness. Poems from a Land in Turmoil
Ashuntantang, J. & Tande, D.(2020). Bearing Witness. Poems from a Land in Turmoil. Denver, CO:: Spears Books. 224 Pages. Available from Spears Books. Also available from Amazon, African Books...
View ArticleMemory Lane (Jan 1, 1960): French Cameroons Independence Celebrations
On January 1, 1960 , the French Cameroons aka Republique du Cameroun gained its independence from France. Here is a rare English language report on the official celebrations commemorating this even....
View ArticleA Celebration of Family and Friendship: A Review of Martin Jumbam’s Beads of...
By Dibussi Tande Jumbam, Martin. (2020). Beads of Memory. The Diary of an African Student in Madrid. Denver, CO: Spears Books. 98 pages. $15.00. Available from Spears Books, Amazon, African Books...
View ArticleMemory Lane (January 1954): Southern Cameroons Breaks off from the Eastern...
The New York Times, Friday January 22, 1954 - Nigeria Talks Set Role of Cameroons Lagos Nigeria, Jan 21 - The Nigerian constitutional conference agreed today that the Southern Cameroons trust territory...
View ArticleJust Published: "The Constitution and Governance in Cameroon" by Laura-Stella...
Enonchong, L.-S. E. (2021). The constitution and governance in Cameroon. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge. About the Book This book provides a systematic analysis of the major structural and...
View ArticleA Preliminary Bibliography of the Anglophone Crisis/Ambazonian Conflict in...
By Dibussi Tande Since 2016, there has been a deluge of textual and audio-visual material – most of it available in real or near real time – on the “Anglophone Crisis” in Cameroon that morphed into a...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Dakole Daissala, the man who helped consolidate the CPDM's...
"Will the MDR set the course for true political change in Cameroon thereby making history or will they join Biya to bring about some cosmetic changes and continue to lord over the people?" Le Messager,...
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