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Lilian Atanga, University of Bamenda, Cameroon (Linguistics, Gender Studies, Literature)

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Kehbuma Langmia, Howard University (Social Sciences, Literature)

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Walter Nkwi, Leiden University (Social Sciences, History, Gender Studies)

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CONTENTS The New Mungaka Alphabet for Beginners

POETRY Shades of Sorrow, Tears and Laughter 4 Escape from Prison 4 Narrow Escapes 4 Bearing Witness 4 Litany of a Foreign Wife 5 Crossroads of Dreams 5 Just a Bend 5 Litany of a Foreign Wife 5 Beautiful Fire 6 Healing Stings 6 Dance of the Kangaroos 6 Les Pleurs du Mal 6 FICTION The Radio and Other Stories The Vacuum Chamber 7 Paradise of Love and Pain DRAMA What God Has Put Asunder

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MEMOIR My Night in Captivity 22 SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES Being and Becoming 23 Bali Nyonga Today 23 Re-writing Pasts, Imagining Futures 23 Africa’s Brain Power 23 GENERAL The Fundamentals of Crystallography & Mineralogy 25 A Taste of Africa 25 FORTHCOMING 2022

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HISTORY Basel Mission Education in Cameroon 10 Changing Regimes and Educational Development in Cameroon 11 Ceded at Dawn 12 The Golden Age of Southern Cameroons 13

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POLITICS & ECONOMICS State of the Continent 14 Africa’s Path to Economic Development 14 POLITICS Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria 1999-2014 15 EDUCATION Perspectives in Curriculum Studies REFERENCE A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names A Wealth of Wisdom 17

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Because of My Mouth 18 Little Gabriel Starts to Read 18 Art Man 19 The Quacky Rappy Trash Book 19 AFRICAN LANGUAGES Mungaka Word Book 20 The Mungaka Alphabet Workbook

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Shades of Sorrow, Tears and Laughter

Narrow Escapes

Beatrice Fri Bime

A Poetic Diary of the Coronavirus Pandemic “If you don’t have a mirror, use this poetry book as a mirror to see yourself in it – and reconsider your stance in many aspects of day-to-day life.”

Tanure Ojaide

“All of these poems pack an emotional wallop, but the personal ones are especially gut wrenching.”

— Mark West, Veteran poet, Professor and Chair, Department of English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

— Sharon Pwavi Babale, Poet, The Writers’ Host, Abuja, Nigeria.

April 2021 ■ 264 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876779 ■ $20 ■ Paperback 9781942876786 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

Nov 2021 ■ 164 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876854 ■ $20 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

Bearing Witness Escape from Prison

Poems from a Land in Turmoil

Mary Ngwebong Ngu

Edited by Joyce Ashuntantang & Dibussi Tande

“Mary Ngu has written a mustread poetic primer. She takes readers on a dark, twisted, and hilarious journey into the perilous sea-saws of life.”

— Professor Tatah Mentan, Minnesota, USA

Nov 2021 ■ 110 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5

9781942876861 ■ $16 ■ Paperback 9781942876878 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

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“A fervent collection of poems that capture the anguish, resilience and hopes of a people determined to overcome.”

— Imbolo Mbue, author of the New York Times best seller “Behold the Dreamers,” winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

June 2020 ■ 224 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876540 ■ $20 ■ Paperback 9781942876557 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle Features: 73 poets, over 100 poems in English, French and Cameroon Pidgin English

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POE TRY

Litany of a Foreign Wife

Just a Bend

Poems

Ekpe Inyang

Nnane Ntube

Illustrated by Marie-Brenda Offy Inyang

“Nnane Ntube’s Litany of a Foreign Wife is couched with anticipation, dread, apprehension and violence. Her poems are characterized by hints, deduction, suggestion, and implication.

Sometimes her poems are couched with connotation and denotation, but most often with dismay and cruelty that will make the reader’s heart beat with trepidation...”

— Babila Mutia, University of sity, South Carolina

Yaounde 1

April 2020 ■ 78 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876564 ■ $15 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

“Just a Bend is a masterpiece, a well-integrated collection of poetry that straddles Africa and other parts of the world. The poems capture the improbable wonders of nature, untapped human and natural resources, fractured earth, environmental pollution, ecological hypocrisy, and hope in the midst of hopelessness.”

— Dr. Lami C. Adama, Assistant Professor of English, Claflin Univer-

July 2020 ■ 190 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876595 ■ $20 ■ Paperback 9781942876625 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

Crossroads of Dreams A Poetry Anthology Franklin Agogho, Jude A. Fonchenalla & M.D. Mbutoh

“The poems in in this collection can be likened to an orchestra.

Reading through this anthology is like listening to a perfect symphony of youthful voices of three poets from Cameroon, tackling a variety of thematic concerns in contemporary postcolonial Africa.

— Dr. Samuel Ndogo, Moi University, Kenya March 2020 ■ 144 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876519 ■ $15 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

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Beautiful Fire

Dance of the Kangaroos

Joyce Ash

The Riot Shall not be Televised “Beautiful Fire radiates intimacy, passion, and sensitivity. This poetry touches us to our deepest core and awakens the warm emotions and humanity we can’t ignore. Joyce Ash gathers images into a honeycomb that the reader tastes and keeps on devouring its sweetness. Th e highly imagistic poems proff er an enduring message that resonates with our private and

public selves.”

— Tanure Ojaide, University of North Carolina at Charlotte May 2018 ■ 90 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876250 ■ $12.99 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

MD Mbutoh

“Dance of the Kangaroos exposes the autocratic oppression and subjugation of his unnamed people, and by extension all minority people in the hands of brutal regimes everywhere on earth, in poetic vehemence and elegance. ” — Nsah Mala, author of Bites of Insanity and Constimocrazy

April 2018 ■ 70 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876229■ $12.99 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

Healing Stings

Les Pleurs du Mal

Collected Poems

Poèmes

Pepertua N. Lola

Nsah Mala

“A highly didactic and exceedingly fertile collection, using as vehicles of expression, a profusion of landscape and body imagery.”

— Lilian Lem Atanga, University of Bamenda

2016 ■ 168 pages ■ 5 x 8 9781942876144 ■ $19.99 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

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“…l’océan de misère dans lequel baigne le peuple de l’auteur l’a inspiré, l’a subjugué, l’a déchiré. Et voilà pourquoi le jeune Nsah Mala sort de sa réserve pour pousser le grand cri – un cri éternel – celui du poète. ” — Marie-Thérèse Betoko Ambassa, Professeur, École Normale Supérieure de Yaoundé September 2019 ■ 84 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876465 ■ $12.99 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

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The Radio and Other Stories Gil Ndi-Shang

“These short stories, pulsating with the real, register the experiences of a child of today’s global space, navigating the local and the global. The multivocal, intertextual perspective is ingenious and innovative. Simply brilliant!”

— Eunice Ngongkum, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon “A fascinating life-narrative that humorously explores serious personal and collective experiences. The narratives are both affectively and cognitively stimulating and captivating.”

— CJ Odhiambo, Moi University, Kenya Gil Ndi-Shang (Romance Literatures/ Comparative Studies, University of Bayreuth) holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS).

April 2021 ■ 270 Pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876755 ■ $25 ■ Paperback 9781942876762 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

The Vacuum Chamber Two Novellas Ba’bila Mutia

“Babila Mutia is a master storyteller but he is a poet too, and his poetic sensibilities are not far off in these two masterpieces. We, the readers are at his mercy, devouring every word, and when we get to the last page, we are forced to confront the unstable nature of what we call our reality.”

— Joyce Ashuntantang, PhD, author of Beautiful Fire

Feb 2021 ■ 150 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876700 ■ $20 ■ Paperback 9781942876724 ■ eBook

Ba’bila Mutia is an award-winning Cameroonian author, poet, and playwright. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, Canada. His short stories and poetry have been featured in anthologies and reviews worldwide.

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Paradise of Love and Pain Kehbuma Langmia

“Paradise of Love and Pain is a remarkably captivating story by a writer with an impressive depth for narrative storytelling that rewards the reader with a story that will stay in their memory long after they are done reading. Set in fictional city of Yoda, Cameroon, the novel is a drama that transcends period and culture involving family, romance, relationships, pain, culture, and spirituality. From the very first page, you are drawn into the drama as layers of a family’s love, lies, secrets, and betrayal are artfully peeled away page after page. As the narrative plays out it expresses an important message about the consequences of the choices we make. The novel highlights how a single random encounter can influence the trajectory of so many lives. Paradise of Love and Pain comes with so many welcome surprises.”

— Oneurine Awantu, PhD, The ICT University Nov 2021 ■ 166 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876847 ■ $18 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

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NEW What God Has Put Asunder Victor Epie’Ngome

What God Has Put Asunder sounds like a misquote of Mark 10:9, the biblical consecration of marriage. But can a marriage fraught with infidelity, violence and abuse be considered as put together by God? Weka does not think so. She had reluctantly settled for Miche Garba as the lesser evil of two suitors who were being foisted on her by the authorities of the orphanage where she grew up. They stonewalled against her pleas to be on her own, claiming it would make her vulnerable. Or were they afraid she might become a permanent liability to the orphanage?

JULY 2021 ■ 100 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876809 ■ $20 ■ Paperback 9781942876816 ■ eBook

Victor Epie’Ngome is a veteran journalist. He served as a correspondent with the BBC and later became a producer in Bush House as well as editor, writer/publisher for several newspapers and magazines.

Garba turns out a cheating, unloving partner, squandering on his many concubines, the proceeds from the farms and lands Weka inherited from her late parents, while neglecting her upkeep and her children’s. At the height of the disaffection, Weka runs off with her children to rehabilitate her family estate. Having failed to forcefully bring them back, Garba sues Weka for abandoning her conjugal home. Will the court sunder the marriage of inconvenience? And would it help matters if Weka’s full name were “West Kamerun”? This should unmask other ticket names like Sister Sabeth and Father UNOR. For these two What God Has Put Asunder is a call-out for double standards. Can they belatedly remedy the injustice of denying Weka the separate status which they granted, at the same time, to many other damsels who, to date, are far less endowed and more vulnerable than she was?

“Victor Epie Ngome’s What God Has Put Asunder is perhaps the most powerfully apt metaphor on what has been called “the Anglophone problem in Cameroon” … The play is frightfully accurately predictive of the outcome of the 1961 so-called Reunification of Southern Cameroons and La République du Cameroun.”

— Godfrey B. Tangwa, PhD, FCAS, FAAS, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

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NEW Basel Mission Education in Cameroon 1886-1968 Mathew B. Gwanfogbe

This volume examines the relationships between the German colonial administration, the Basel Mission, the British Baptist Missionary Society and other missionary societies that characterized the setting up of Basel Mission education in Cameroon against the backdrop of intense rivalry. Spanning a period of 82 years, the book meticulously documents the kick off, expansion and elaboration of the Basel Mission’s efforts to institutionalise education as well as its objectives and operational modalities.

Basel Mission Education in Cameroon deepens our understanding of European imperialism and its legacy in postcolonial societies. Policy makers and educationists in Cameroon and Africa at large will find this volume very instructive as they forge educational systems that serve the needs of current and future generations of Africans.

TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2020 ■ 152 Pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876687 ■ $25 ■ Paperback 9781942876694 ■ eBook Number of Illustrations: 19

Introduction Post-WW1 Missionary Resumption Chapter One Basel Mission Education Chapter Two Setting up Basel Mission Chapter Three Basel Mission Education and The German Regime

Basel Mission Education During the British Regimes Chapter Seven Basel Mission Education to PCC Stage One Stage Two Stage Three Preparation of Cameroonian Church Leaders Handing-over of Schools Conclusion

Chapter Four Cameroonian Responses to Basel Mission Education under the German Regime Chapter Five Basel Mission Education under British and Postcolonial Regimes: 1916-1966 Female Education Secondary Education Vocational/Technical Education The Handing-Over Chapter Six Cameroonian Reactions to

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Changing Regimes and Educational Development in Cameroon Mathew B. Gwanfogbe

“This luminous and accessible history of Cameroon education offers profound and crucial insights on the nature and pattern of educational development. It will be a required reading not only for all those connected with history and the history of Cameroon education but also for anyone interested in teaching, learning and policy development in education.”

—Prof Jerry K. Domatob, Alcorn State University, Lorman-Mississippi, USA “To simply and briefly acknowledge a complex academic treatise, I testify to Dr. Mathew Gwanfogbe’s book having emerged from and reflecting a delightful personality, whose elegant simplicity and devotion to excellence has created a timeless scholarly companion for the intellectual community in general, educators and history students in particular.”

— Prof. Bame Nsamenang, Bamenda University of Science and Technology.

May 2018 ■ 218 Pages ■ 6.14 x 9.21 9781942876236 ■ $25 ■ Paperback 9781942876373 ■ eBook Number of Illustrations: 8

Dr. Mathew B. Gwanfogbe is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the Bamenda University of Science and Technology. He was previously the Director-delegate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Annex), Bambili.

This book provides an in-depth study of the nature and pattern of educational development in Cameroon from 1844 to the post-independence period. Drawing upon a wide range of sources including hitherto unused archival material and formal interviews with people involved in Cameroon’s pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial educational traditions, the result is an elegantly written history enlivened by illustrative texts and archival pictures.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Pre-Western Education Situation in Cameroon 2. Cameroon Education Under the German Colonial Regime (1886-1916) 3. Cameroon Education Under the French Colonial Regime (1916-1960) 4. Cameroon Education Under the British Regime (1916-1961) 5. Cameroon Education During Early Independence Period 6. Conclusion 7. Postcriptum 8. Selected Bibliography

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Ceded at Dawn The Aborted Decolonization of the UN Trust Territory of British Southern Cameroons Augustine Ndangam

“Ndangam’s work is a highly compacted confluence of factual, historical, legal, philosophical, sociological and archival sources enriched with copious lately bewildering, scandalous, incriminating, highly confidential and secret British documents.”

— Dr. Anthony Ndi, Professor of History, Bamenda University of Science and Technology

May 2020 ■ 118 Pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876526 ■ $18 ■ Paperback 9781942876533 ■ eBook Number of Illustrations: 11

Ceded at Dawn identifies and examines decolonization as the principal source of the smoldering tension that persisted between the two former United Nations Trust Territories in Cameroon which finally exploded into an armed conflict in 2017. French Cameroon (now the Republic of Cameroon) was decolonized while the decolonization of British Cameroons was abandoned unfinished. The international experiment on independence by joining was an exceptional route selected for the decolonization of British Southern Cameroons and was defended with the untenable arguments that British Southern Cameroons was too small and too poor to be granted sovereign independence...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. Chapter 1: British Cameroons is Dismembered 2. Chapter 2: Plebiscite on Independence 3. Chapter 3: Truth: The First Casualty of the War 4. Chapter 4: The Aftermath of Ceding

Augustine Ndangam is a retired education administrator. He is currently chairman of the Southern Cameroons People’s Organization (SCAPO) which he co-founded with other Southern Cameroonians, dedicated to seeking self-determination for the peoples of Southern Cameroons.

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5. Concluding Reflections

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The Golden Age of Southern Cameroons Vital Lessons for Cameroon Anthony Ndi “This

November 2016 ■ 374 Pages ■ 6.14 x 9.21 978-1-942876120 ■ $29.99 ■ Paperback 9781942876151 ■ eBook Number of Illustrations: 52

book argues that since the emergence of the Cameroon National Union (CNU) and the one-party state in 1966, Cameroonians have progressively degenerated into the syndrome of collective amnesia inspired by a culture of sycophancy, glorifying and deifying political leadership. These developments stand in stark contrast to what obtained in the nascent Southern Cameroons – the UN Trust territory administered by Britain until 1961 when its population voted overwhelmingly by 70.5% to gain their independence by establishing a federation with the then French-speaking Republic of Cameroon. From the late 1950s until the dismantling of the Cameroon Federation, Southern Cameroons and later West Cameroon had a vibrant parliament, a House of Chiefs (or Senate), an independent Judiciary, an ideal, corruption-free Public Service, a state government with ministers presided over by an Executive Prime Minister and, for a decade, West Cameroon provided the Vice Presidency for the Federal Republic of Cameroon. In what may be accurately described as Prof Anthony Ndi’s seminal work, he contends and rightly so that solutions to the legion of problems that plague contemporary Cameroon may be easily found in the pages of The Golden Age of Southern Cameroons. Agents for this transformation do not have to be invented or imported from Mars; all we need is a patriotic spirit, political will, readiness to dialogue, transparency and commitment to democracy.

In this book, Prof Ndi has adopted a style, diction and humour, which excites the intellect and awakens minds to a lane of true redemption. The Golden Age of Southern Cameroons is a historical masterpiece for nation building.” − Confidence Chia Ngam, University of Bamenda TABLE OF CONTENTS

Anthony Ndi is a retired Associate Professor of History. He was Registrar of the Bamenda University of Science and Technology (BUST), from 1998-2008; Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Cooperation, Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda, from 2011-2015.

1. Philosophical and Historical Concepts of the “Golden Age” 2. Legacies: Colonial, Christian and Indigenous 3. The Southern Cameroons: Character 4. The Emergence of a Genuine Democratic Culture 5. Decline of the FRC: Internal and External Factors 6. Violating the “Inviolable Federal Constitution” 7. Ironic Outcome of Marginalisation: An Invincible Spirit 8. The last Lines: Ahidjo-Biya Tussle

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State of the Continent A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa John M. Fobanjong

“Finally, we have a thorough, comprehensive and masterful assessment of how well the African continent has performed since independence...”

— Al Bavon, Professor, the Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas

November 2018 ■ 300 Pages ■ 6.14 x 9.21 9781942876342 ■ $39.99 ■ Paperback 9781942876366 ■ eBook

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Historical Backdrop 2. Understanding Africa from a Comparative Perspective 3. Global Challenges the West has Won with the Help of Africa 4. Pondering Africa’s Failures 5. Could Africa be Saying No to Modernity?

6. Assessing the Performance of Internal Influences 7. Assessing the Performance of External Influences 8. Reordering the African Public Sector 9. Reordering the African Private Sector

Africa’s Path to Economic Development A Guide for Policy Makers and Scholars Joseph Fomunung

“This book is a must read for policy scholars and practitioners alike, interested in why Africa’s path to economic development has been so rough and perilous, and what can be done to fix it.”

— Julius N. Fondong, Senior Political Affairs Officer, UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

May 2018 ■ 118 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876267 ■ $17.99 ■ Paperback 9781942876274 ■ eBook

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Inception 3. Governance and Institutions 4. International Trade and Globalization 5. Governance 6. An Important Step Forward 7. The Way Forward 8. African Investors and Innovators 9. Recommendations and Prognosis

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Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria 1999-2014 Edited by Femi Omotoso & Michael Kehinde

“...The essays go beyond the expected narratives of elections, party politics, gender and interest representation, human rights, public policy, political culture and governance to explore some of the peculiar issues in Nigeria’s contemporary democratic experiment such as privatization of national assets, anti-corruption campaign, terrorist insurgency, domestic security and the Bakassi Peninsula foreign policy debacle. ” — Kenneth Omeje, University of Johannesburg.

June 2016 ■ 568 pages ■ 6.14 x 9.21 9781942876113 ■ $49.95 ■ Paperback TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Democratic Governance and Political Participation: Introduction to the Issues, by Femi Omotoso 2. Democratic Governance, Public Policy Process And Political Participation In Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by A. Agagu 3. Leadership Personality and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Case Study of Olusegun Obasanjo by Steve Itugbu 4. The Media, Public Opinion and Democratic Governance In Nigeria by Olaopa Olawale. R & S. T. Akindele 5. Grassroots’ Governance and Crisis of Autonomy 1999-2014 by Femi Omotoso & Isaac Oladeji 6. Political Parties and Political Competition in Nigeria by Adedayo O. Olaleye, Joseph Ayo & Ikeji Arakeji 7. The 2003 General Elections by Bamgbose J.

Adele 8. The Nigeria 2007 General Elections by Bamgbose J. Adele 9. Election and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: An Appraisal of 2011 General Elections by Usman A. Tar & Alfa Patrick Innocent 10. Goals and Failures of Anti-corruption Agencies in Nigeria

by Declan Amaraegbu 11. Politics of Privatisation of National Assets by H. A. O. Idowu & T. O. Asaolu 12. Labour Relations And Collective Bargaining In Nigeria 1999-2013 by O. S. Elegbeleye 13. Religion in Democratic Nigeria: A Janus-faced Phenomenon by Segun Oshewolo 14. The Politics of Islamic Banking in Nigeria by Michael Kehinde 15. Democracy and Terrorism: The Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria by Agaptus Nwozor 16. Democracy and Ethnic Militancy in Nigeria by Ola Abegunde 17. Security of Life and Property: Armed Robbery and Kidnapping in Nigeria by Surajudeen Mudasiru 18. The State of Human Rights in The Nigerian Fourth Republic by Lere Amusan 19. The Nigerian Senate 1999-2013 by Joseph Yinka Fashagba & Oluwakemi Shade Babatunde 20. An Assessment of The Civil Service and Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2014 by Felix Olanrewaju Awosika 21. Women and the Politics of Representation in Nigeria’s Democratic Governance: An Analysis of the Legislative Elections from 1999 to 2011 by Oluwaniyi, O. Oluwatoyin 22. Nigeria’s Foreign Relations: An Assessment of The Bakassi Peninsula Crisis And Resolution by Ajinde Oluwashakin

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Perspectives in Curriculum Studies Margaret N. Endeley & Martha A. Zama “… in writing this book, the authors seek to reinvigorate a qualitative system of education and training based on promoting contents and practices with African core values. The well-researched volume provides valuable resources for developing education stakeholders most especially curriculum specialists, teacher educators, teachers and education researchers. I hail their industry.”

— Theresa M.S. Tchombe, PhD, Emeritus professor and Honorary Dean, UNESCO Chair of Special needs education, University of Buea

Aug 2021 ■ 336 Pages ■ 7.5 x 9.25 9781942876823 ■ $30 ■ Paperback 9781942876830 ■ eBook

“As an educationist myself, I was familiar with the concept of curriculum before I read this book, but Margaret and Martha explain it in an intriguing and simplified format, driving home key concepts like the foundations of the curriculum, curriculum development process, and instructional design. Illustrations in the book cut across developed and developing countries. This book is a must-read for curriculum developers and practicing educators in order to avoid the errors of the past. Again, this is a must read whether you have just begun curriculum studies or you are an experienced guru in this domain. The depth to which the authors have dissected this topic of curriculum indicates that they are fast joining the leading authorities in this field.”

— Nelson Ngoh, M.Sc., PhD, Professor of Science Education, University of Bridgeport, CT, USA

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Basic Concepts in Curriculum Studies 2. Curriculum Theory 3. Historical Foundations of the Curriculum 4. Philosophical Foundations of the Curriculum 5. Psychological Foundations of the Curriculum 6. Sociological Foundations of the Curriculum 7. Curriculum Development: Approaches and Models 8. Curriculum Planning: Approaches, Decision-making and Situational Analysis 9. Curriculum Design 10. Development of Curriculum Materials 11. Curriculum Implementation and Change 12. Curriculum Evaluation 13. Theoretical Basis of Instructional Design 14. The Instructional Design Process and Models 15. Curriculum Development Activities in Africa and Beyond 16. Curriculum Planning for The Twenty-First Century

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Dr. Martha M. A. Zama previously taught at the universities of Buea and Bamenda. She now works as an independent scholar.

Dr. Margaret Nalova Endeley is Dean and Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teaching in the Faculty of Education, University of Buea, Cameroon.

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A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names John K. Fokwang

“There is no better way of serving a people than committing into print those aspects of their culture that have survived the ages for the next generation. By writing the dictionary of Bali popular names, Mr. Fokwang is preserving for the coming generation some aspects of the living cultures of the Bali people.”

— Elias Nwana, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Yaounde

November 2016 ■ 104 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876212 ■ $19.99 ■ Paperback

A Dictionary of Popular Bali Names is an extraordinary minefield of Chamba names meticulously assembled and expatiated for the modern user. This edition combines a short history of the Chamba people in Cameroon as well as detailed ethnographic description of the naming ritual among the Bali Chamba. John Fokwang’s work stands in a class of its own and will serve as a reference material for all people of Chamba descent in Nigeria and Cameroon as well as for individuals who fancy the use of African names. This edition is a worthy contribution to the ethnography of the Cameroon Grassfields and indeed, the growing literature and interest on African names and languages.

A Wealth of Wisdom A Reference Collection of African Proverbs Babila Fochang “In this revised and enlarged volume, Rev. Babila Fochang serves us with a generous blend of proverbs from all regions of the continent. With over 800 proverbs covering an exhaustive range of themes and topics, you won’t have to repeat a proverb for over two years. ”

Book Features 1. Over 300 Bali Nyonga Proverbs 2. Select Bali Nyonga Fables 3. Over 500 African Proverbs

May 2015 ■ 106 pages ■ 5 x 8 9781942876014 ■ $19.99 ■ Paperback 9781942876007 ■ eBook

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Because of My Mouth A Play John K. Fokwang

Nchuyekeh is a vivacious and inquisitive adolescent girl who finds a freshly cut head on her way to the farm. Convinced that the head responded to her question, she abandons her original mission and resolves to report her peculiar encounter directly to the chief, despite her mother’s protests. Would the talking head vindicate and save her from the dreadful sentence that awaits her at the chief ’s palace? Would such punishment, if meted be commensurate with her offence? Find out Nchuyekeh’s fate in this short play that promises to entertain while raising vexing but pertinent questions about the fate of the modern African adolescent.

April 2020 ■ 58 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876571 ■ $12.99 ■ Paperback

Little Gabriel Starts to Read Nsah Mala Illustrated by Alain Kojele

Little Gabriel of Perpignan does not like to read. He adores video games! However, he likes to visit libraries just to accompany his friends or to play there. One day in a library, he meets Mr. Gopte, a writer and researcher from Africa. Henceforth, Gabriel’s relationship with reading will never be the same again.

September 2020 ■ 38 pages ■ 8.5 x 8.5 9781942876632 ■ $15 ■ Paperback ■ Colour

Nsah Mala is a poet and writer from Mbesa, Cameroon. He writes in Iteanghe-a-Mbesa, English, and French.

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C HILD RE N’S LI TE RATURE

Art Man Black Out

By Afegenwi C. Minang Illustrated by Dennis Muiruri

In this suspense-filled first book of the Art Man series, Tom Timson (Art Man) discovers that he has a special calling. With his grand dad (Master Art) helping as a mentor both in person and in Tom’s dreams, Tom is able to harness his inner gifts to protect his hometown, Art City, and country, Canvas, from being totally destroyed by an evil genius, Dr. Era.sir, and his evil friends Gray Granny and Black Beard.

In this first episode Black Out, Art Man is not successful in his attempt to completely defeat Dr. Era.sir, so we are curious to follow the plot in the next episode in the Art Man series!

Dec 2021 ■ 74 Pages ■ 8 x 10 9781942876892 ■ $35 ■ Hardback ■ Colour

The Quacky Rappy Trash Book

By Lotte Salling | Illustrated by Signe Gabriel

In The Quacky Rappy Trash Book we meet Rappy Duck, an unusual duck who is unhappy about the piles of garbage that people throw around his lake and everywhere in nature. One day, hit on his head by a plastic bag with breadcrumbs, Rappy Duck strikes an extraordinary friendship with a young schoolgirl, Nora. Together, through rhymes and amusing encounters, they tell and show us how we can all participate in sorting and recycling our trash.

April 2021 ■ 40 pages ■ 8.5 x 11 9781942876793 ■ $30 ■ Hardback ■ Colour Lotte Salling is a Danish author. She has written over 50 books, especially children’s rhyme books.

Signe Gabriel is a Danish illustrator and visual communicator.

Working in both traditional and digital media, she produces colorful illustrations full of details and memorable characters.

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NEW Mungaka Word Book Ŋwà’nì Lɨŋ kě nì Mɨŋgâkà Lilian Ndangam Fokwang

This picture book offers an opportunity for readers to increase their Mungaka vocabulary competency. Non-native speakers and early learners of the language will find it valuable in increasing their vocabulary competency, while native speakers will equally find herein, a vital opportunity to engage and familiarize themselves with the new standardized Mungaka alphabet. As much as possible, the book is organized around themes: from objects around the house, animals, insects, birds to buildings, people, and food. A miscellaneous word list at the end of the book includes months of the year, days of the week, parts of the body, professions, and familial relationships.

Dec 2021 ■ 110 Pages ■ 8 x 10 9781942876908 ■ $30 ■ Paperback ■ Colour Also available as an eBook on Google Books

TABLE OF CONTENTS In and Around the House - Ma Ndab Cooking - Mà Naŋ Mbaŋ Buildings and Places - Ndabkɛd boà Lɨ̀’kɛd School - Ndâŋwà’nì Transportation - Kě Kǔjìd Food - Kějɨ Insects and Animals - Bàtà bô Bànyàm Nature and Landscape - Kɨmvi Birds - Bà Bɨsɨŋ Dressing - Kě mà We’ Farm and Hunting - Ŋgwɛn boà Vum People - Bòn\Bɨ̀n Music and Dance - Kě Wè boà Bɛn Additional Vocabulary

Lilian holds a PhD in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Sheffield, UK. She was a Chevening Scholar at Leeds University, UK and a Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Rhodes University, South Africa.

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The Mungaka Alphabet Workbook Dù’ti mà Fuŋ boà mà Ŋwà’ni Mɨ̀ŋgâkà Jude Fokwang & Godlove Gwaabe

This workbook synthesizes materials we have developed since the initiation of an online course on elementary Mungaka. It is intended to provide users with a deeper understanding of the new Mungaka alphabet, its sounds and other basic writing conventions. Although it is prepared with a Mungaka 101 learner in mind, the book could be useful for individuals who have never taken a course in the new alphabet. We have therefore aimed to provide the reader with a broad but elementary material that will enable them to master the essentials of the Mungaka alphabet and how to use them in everyday written and spoken contexts.

Book Features August 2020 ■ 100 Pages ■ 8 x 10 9781942876649 ■ $20 ■ Paperback Also available as an eBook on Google Books

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Provides focused practice on Mungaka tones to build students’ confidence in spoken contexts Expands students’ Mungaka vocabulary and spelling power Provides focused practice on basic Mungaka grammar (verbs and nouns)

The New Mungaka Alphabet for Beginners Dù’ti mà Fuŋ boà mà Ŋwà’ni Chû Bàʼnì nì màd mfi Jude Fokwang

This primer of 29 alphabets and sound combinations that make up the modern Mungaka language is a much-welcome addition to the instructional needs of indigenous languages in Africa.

First time learners as well as seasoned speakers of Mungaka will find this book very easy to navigate given its simple layout, large print and colorful illustrations. The Kindle Edition is interactive and equipped with audio to expedite the learning process. This book is the first in a series of educational materials that aim to revitalize and accelerate the pace of Mungaka’s status as a language of literacy in the Cameroon Grassfields and beyond.

December 2017 ■ 40 pages ■ 8.25 x 8.25 9781942876205 ■ $15 ■ Paperback ■ Colour Available in Kindle with Audio

Book Features 1. List of Mungaka Aphabet 2. Tones in Mungaka 3. Illustrations

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October 2020 ■ 98 Pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876670 ■ $15 ■ Paperback 9781942876663 ■ $30 ■ Hardback Also available in Kindle

Jan 2021 ■ 68 Pages ■ 5 x 8 9781942876731 ■ $15 ■ Paperback 9781942876748 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

My Night in Captivity A Memoir Christian Cardinal Wiyghan Tumi with Martin Jumbam

In this gripping, lucid and succinct account, Cardinal Tumi, the retired Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon, invites readers into the dreary night of his captivity by “Amba Boys” - so-called liberation fighters seeking the restoration of the erstwhile British Southern Cameroons. Tumi recounts the circumstances, actors and intrigues leading up to his capture along with Fon Sehm Mbinglo I, the paramount traditional ruler of the Nso people. Find out how the Cardinal regained his freedom and his proposals on how to resolve the five-year conflict that has decimated the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon.

November 2020 ■ 250 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876489 ■ $25 ■ Paperback 9781942876496 ■ eBook Also available in Kindle

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“...As a peace crusader, the Cardinal totally debunks government and social media hype on his sympathies for the separatist cause.

He also weighs in on the raison d’être of a cause that has gone awry and urges the warring parties to give peace a chance.”

— Canute Tangwa, Senior Translator and Writer

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S O C IAL S CI E NCE S & HUMA NI TI E S

Being and Becoming

Re-writing Pasts, Imagining Futures

Gender, Culture and Shifting Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Critical Explorations of Contemporary African Fiction and Theater

Edited by Chinyere Ukpokolo

Edited by Victor Gomia & Gilbert S. Ndi

“Being and Becoming is a col“Re-writing Pasts, Imagining lection of thought-provoking Futures. Critical Explorations of chapters that will excite both Contemporary African Fiction and academics and the general Theater cuts new ground by linking reader alike. The content spans socio-political analysis of the a wide range of contempocontinental and diasporic contexts rary issues, challenging many with close readings of literary texts, dominant discourses of African by focusing on two literary genres: people. Its breadth and scope drama and the novel.” provides several new insights — Kristian Van Haesendonck, into the related phenomena of gender and identity in the continent today ” November 2017 ■ 262 pages ■ 6 x 9 − Sylvia Tamale, Makerere University 9781942876182 ■ $32.65 ■ Paperback 9781942876199 ■ eBook March 2016 ■ 276 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876076 ■ $30 ■ Paperback

Bali Nyonga Today

Africa’s Brain Power

Roots, Cultural Practices and Future Perspectives

Reflections from AfricaOnline Broadcasts, Vol. 1

Edited by Vincent P. K. Titanji

Asonglefac Nkemleke | Edited by Rev. Pamela Fomunung

“This is a salutary project in the business of keeping track of the sociocultural specificity of the people of Bali Nyonga.”

— Victor Gomia, Delaware State University, USA

November 2016 ■ 228 pages ■ 6 x 9 9781942876168 ■ $29.95 ■ Paperback

“It is comprehensive as it covers every sector of human society and provides pointers into the future of Africa. As a published author myself on Africa’s elusive search for solutions to her perennial development challenges, having a copy of this book is highly recommended. You would be glad you did.”

— Joseph S. Fomunung, Political Economist, and author of Africa’s Path to Economic Development March 2019 ■ 222 pages ■ 5.5 x 8.5 9781942876427 ■ $19.99 ■ Paperback 9781942876434 ■ eBook

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GE NE RAL

The Fundamentals of Crystallography & Mineralogy

Fusion of Food, Wellness and Family

Aretas Ndimofor

Nagella Nukuna & Nagwa Nukuna

2018 ■ 104 pages ■ 8 x 10 9781942876243 ■ $19.99 ■ Paperback Also available in Kindle

A Taste of Africa 2015■ 114 pages ■ 8 x 10 9781942876045 ■ $24.95 ■ Paperback 9781942876052 ■ eBook

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SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES 1. Elements for a History of the Western Grassfields by Paul Nchoji Nkwi & Jean-Pierre Warnier 2. Introduction to the Study of Bali Nyonga by Vincent Titanji, Mathew Gwanfogbe, Elias Nwana, Gwannua Ndangam and Adolf Lima 3. Production des Connaissances en Sciences Sociales en Afrique: Enjeux et Défis edited by Ibrahim Bienvenu Mouliom Moungbaka & Robert Nanche Billa 4. The Anglophone Question in Cameroon Vol. I & II edited by Lyombe Eko 5. Coming of Age Rituals in the Cameroon Grassfields, edited by Jude Fokwang 6. Cultural Encounters: Society, Culture and Language in Bali Nyonga From the 19th Century by Gwannua Ndangam 7. Renewing the Promise by Julius Fondong POETRY & FICTION 8. The Busy Spider and Other Poems edited by John K. Fokwang 9. The Screaming Forest (Translated from the French) by Nsah Mala.

10. My Story Simply Told – A Memoir by Martin Jumbam 11. Into the Light of Darkness by Nnane Ntube 12. Tastes of Nature: New and Selected Poems by Ekpe Inyang

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