Stories about Cameroon from June, 2006
Africa: World Cup Report Card
Says Senegalese blogger Seckasysteme (Fr): “African football is not up to par and its presence in the World Cup is mostly symbolic. Too bad that the numerous individual African talents...
Nigeria: Visit to Cameroon
Lawal Adekunle of Unlag Students reports on his recent visit to the Cameroons..…”It is situated at the bottom of the Cameroon Mountain, the second largest mountain in Africa. Houses situated...
Why No Mention of Slavery in African and Haitian Fiction?
Why is there so little mention of slavery in African and Haitian Fiction? That is the question that Togolese France-based blogger Kangni Alem addresses in a prolific and well-thought out...
West Africa: Football, Science Lag and missed priorities
We start this week's round-up with the exit of the last African country in this year's FIFA World Cup tournament (Germany 2006). The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen…of...
Africa: What Internet Brings
Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique writes: (Fr)“A book by Cameroonian Jacques Bonjawo, Internet, a Chance for Africa [L'Internet, Une Chance Pour l'Afrique in French] talks about the benefits of new...
Latest in French-Speaking African and Indian Ocean Blogs
PAN-AFRICAN Homosexuality in Africa Not a Myth France-based Togolese blogger Kangni Alem reflects on a homophobic movement in Cameroon that sees homosexuality as a suspect new “religion” and concludes: Evidence...
Cameroon: Lagging in Science
Scribbles from the den comments that Cameroon is one of the world's World’s Scientifically Lagging Countries – Alongside Chad and Fiji…..”Caught up with daily survival, people in these societies do...
West African blogs round-up
Under the acacias, whilst giving a brief round-up of some news from Burkina Faso writes about Rains, locusts and hunger in a blog entry titled: “What's happening in Burkina?“ The...
Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula
Shhh comments on the The Bakassi peninsula which lies between Nigeria and Cameroon – is rich in oil and subject of continued disputes and violence between the two countries.
A Monopoly-like Game to Carve out Africa
Mocking Africa, a French Monopoly-like game, Kangni Alem repeats the game's description [“Your goal is to explore, to conquer and to develop [the] new colonies. You will be able to...
Latest in the Francophone African Blogosphere
PAN-AFRICAN For the United States of Africa Le Pangolin is fervently advocating for the dissolution of the current borders that separate African countries and that, he believes, weaken each individual...
Cameroon: Dual Citizenship
Scribbles from the Den discusses the issue of dual citizenship in Cameroon and asks “Can Cameroon – a country which proudly celebrates its newfound HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Country) status...
Senegal: Blogging Mayor Proposes North-South Talks on Migrations
Reflecting on Senegal's drowned migrant crisis and migrations towards the West in general, Robert Sagna, the Mayor of Ziguinchor, Senegal blogs (Fr): “Developed countries (…) build quasi-impenetrable walls through “visas”....
