By Douglas A. Achingale* It is often said of well-crafted books that they are usually so enthralling that it would be hard for the reader to drop them until they …
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I worked for several years in the personnel department of an oil company. Oil companies in Cameroon, as elsewhere, I guess, do pay their people well, at least by local …
A few months ago, I was asked to speak at a niece’s wedding, on behalf of my family. The Master of Ceremony, a young man in his mid-thirties, dynamic, vibrant …
One of the most challenging things you can do is concentrate on reading a book aboard a bus from Douala to Bamenda, especially with the incredibly bad, pothole-ridden roads, crammed …
J’ai suivi sur les ondes de la Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) un reportage poignant et pathétique sur une activité apparemment très lucrative, et en plein essor, notamment le trafic …
I once heard a truly pathetic and heart-rending report on Cameroon Radio-Television (CRTV) about the apparently very lucrative and booming trade in girls from our land to the Middle East. …
It is barely daylight in northern California where I am visiting family members and the first thing I stumble on is the heart-rending news of the passing into eternity of …
A friend of mine lost his son abroad, a very tragic thing, as you would well imagine. We were at the cargo terminal of the Douala International Airport to wait …
A keynote speech to the graduating pioneer students of John Paul II Institute of Theology (JOPASIT), Kumba Campus at Fiango, Kumba on October 24, 2015. Your Lordship, Bishop Immanuel Bushu, …
“Cameroon: Difficult Choices in a Failed Democracy,” a review of Professor Tazoacha Asonganyi’s book
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015, I joined a crowd of book lovers at the Sawa Novotel in Douala for the launch of Professor Tazoacha Asonganyi’s controversial book, Cameroon: Difficult Choices …