(Reprinted from Cameroon Tribune of August 11, 1987, p.2). The following is an interview I conducted on July 19, 1987 in Douala with Dr Stephen Arnold, then Professor of Comparative …
Category: Tributes
On June 14, 2011, Cameroon lost an academic giant – Professor Victor Anomah Ngu. As I joined many Cameroonians in and outside our country to mourn the passing into eternity …
Revised and reproduced from Cameroon Tribune, Friday, September 9, 1988 As a student of Comparative Literature, I have always been eager to meet creative writers, especially African ones. Whenever I …
I notice as I grow older that the fingers of my mind frequently reach into the hidden recesses of my memory from where they pull out, and intermittently flash before …
The other day, I stumbled on Ms. Pamela Martin’s FaceBook page by chance and waves at memory beach came washing up the shores of my mind bringing with them, and …
I had the singular privilege and honour of meeting Chinua Achebe on two occasions: the first was at the African Literature Association Conference in Gainesville, Florida in the spring …
(Revised and reproduced from The Herald, N° 022, Wednesday, January 13-20, 1993, 9.13). One Saturday morning, my wife and I were returning from the market when she spotted a vehicle …