Does “The Image of the African Leader as an Animal: The case of Paul Biya of Cameroon,” not sound like a lovely topic for an M.A or Ph.D. thesis in …
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My friend, Andy – the one who always beams a broad smile whenever anyone calls him “Andy Young” – and I were sat in one of those countless off-licence bars …
(Reproduced from Campost, No 212, April 6-13, 1994, p.4). My good friend Andy ‘Young’ went to one of our favourite chicken parlours in downtown Akwa, Douala, the other day and …
(Revised and reproduced from The Post of September 10, 1996). The title of my reflection, “The pauperisation of the Cameroonian civil servant,” sounds like a very intellectual concept, doesn’t it? …
(Revised and reproduced from Cameroon Tribune, Tuesday, April 21, 1987). The University Centre for Health Sciences, the school of medicine of the University of Yaounde in Cameroon, commonly known by …
(First carried by Cameroon Tribune of Friday, February 13, 1987). Mention the name Agostinho Antonio Neto in Cameroonian intellectual circles and a few people may remember that he was the …
(Revised and reproduced from Cameroon Tribune of Friday, January 15, 1988). When this innocent, comical piece first appeared in the English edition of Cameroon Tribune of Friday, January 15, 1988, …
(First appeared in Cameroon Tribune of Friday, February 6, 1987). President Paul Biya’s call to the Cameroonian intellectual community to reflect and advise him on just what future we intend …
(Revised and reproduced from Cameroon Tribune of Tuesday, May 3, 1988). Ask any one of the over one million inhabitants of the city of Douala to give you in a …
(Revised and reproduced from Cameroon Tribune of Tuesday, November 18, 1986, p. 16). Agostinho Antonio Neto, the first President of the People’s Republic of Angola, died in September of 1979 …