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Author:   Professor Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni ,  Professor David Simo ,  Professor Esaïe Djomo ,  Professor Godfrey B. Tangwa
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781350513693

ISBN 10:   1350513695
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   13 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Editors’ Preface Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni, David Simo, Esaïe Djomo, Godfrey Tangwa, and Aloysius Ngefac Introduction Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni, David Simo, Esaïe Djomo, Godfrey Tangwa, and Aloysius Ngefac Part I. Transformative Development and Interdisciplinary Perspectives 1. A Transformative Vision in the Development Agenda of Postcolonial Africa : Focus on Social Sciences and Cultural Studies Aloysius Ngefac 2. Towards a New Paradigm for African Development in the Context of the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic and an Unfolding World War III Godfrey B. Tangwa 3. Glimpses of Transversal Research in African Studies: A New Roadmap for postcolonial African Nations Pangop Kameni Alain Cyr 4. The Pragmatics of Myths and the Psychological transformation of Africa Divine Che Neba Part II. Voices from Social Scientists and Cultural Experts 5. An Appraisal of Discourses on Culture in Africa: A Significant Step towards the Transformative Development of the Continent David Simo 6. Which Humanities for the Development of Postcolonial Africa? Esaie Djomo 7. Collective Memories and the Question of the Restoration of African Dignity: From Africa of War, Famine, Diseases to a World-leading Africa Joseph Mbongue 8. Grass Field Cultural Attractions of Mezam Division in Cameroon: Imprints of indigenous Knowledge Faced with Western Innovations Neba Yvette Akwa and Ojuku Tiafack 9. Postmodern Afropop Music and Transformative Development Joseph Nkwain 10. The Production of Arts and Handicrafts for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa: The Case of Nweh Ethnic Group in Cameroon Norah Aziamin Asongu 11. Climate Change Politics, Justice, and Solution: An Appraisal of the Cameroonian Perspective Julius Angwah Notes on Contributors Index

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The essays that have been assembled into this volume, unique in its combined multilateral perspective and assertive style, collectively offer scholars in the social sciences and humanities a valiant and neatly paved multilateral approach to the concept of development in post-colonial Africa, with the latter’s rich and ever emerging cultural undercurrents as a pathfinder. With a scan of both past and present-day African experiences that would serve as indicators for the future, the collection is an enriching guide to the issues that revolve around the stagnation in the development of the African continent over three quarters of a century post-colonially, and will, therefore, be of interest to both scholars and students of African studies and development studies, stakeholders of African development, and policy-makers. * Blasius Achiri-Taboh, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Buea, Cameroon * This volume is a timely contribution to ongoing discussions about development in postcolonial Africa. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies, this group of African scholars interrogate inherited models of progress and propose a roadmap for development that is both contextually grounded in a number of case studies and conceptually foregrounding. The emphasis on transformative development—understood as a holistic and multidimensional process—allows for critical engagement with questions of identity, nationhood, knowledge production, and institutional reform. By centering African experiences and perspectives, the book invites reconsideration of Eurocentric dominant narratives and provides analytical tools for rethinking development in theory and practice. This book will be of use to scholars, policymakers, and anyone committed to Africa’s future. * Maria Mazzioli, University of Groningen, Netherlands *

Author Information

Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni is Professor of African Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. His research interests include media, identity, and elections in Africa; writing and publishing in Cameroon; and literary representations of the African peri-urban. David Simo is Professor of German and Cultural Studies at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He is interested in postcolonial theory and in connections between cultural globalization and African literary history. Esaïe Djomo is Professor of German and Cultural Studies at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. His interests center around audiovisual German culture in Cameroon. Godfrey Tangwa is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. His research interests center on epistemology, metaphysics, and bioethics as they relate to African philosophy. Aloysius Ngefac is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He is the founder and general coordinator of TRANG (Transformative Research and Networking Group). He has published several books related to his research interests in sociolinguistics, world Englishes, postcolonial pragmatics, creolistics, transformative research, and transformative development.

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