Society

Face2Face Africa | Per his own autobiography, the late Cameroonian businessman, Victor Fotso, made his way through the world as an enterprising youngster selling peanuts. It was one of the popular cash crops grown in the western Cameroonian town of Bandjoun. Soon enough, Fotso became a trader who dealt in …

The Africa Report | The legal dispute over the ownership of rich businessman Victor Fotso’s estate, which involves 146 heirs (25 wives and 121 children), has gone to court in Cameroon and France. After the death of 94-year-old magnate Victor on 20 March 2020 at the American Hospital of Paris …

Premier Premier ministre anglophone du Cameroun, il reste célèbre pour son expression fétiche “Politic Na Njangui”: “la politique, c’est comme une tontine”. WASHINGTON —  VOA | Ce mardi 4 mai 2021, l’homme politique camerounais Simon Achidi Achu est décédé à l’âge de 87 ans. L’ex-locataire de l’immeuble étoile, la primature, a rendu …

‘Leaving my tribe in Cameroon was the only way I could live openly as a lesbian’: Influencer Bandy Kiki on rising above death threats to be the LGBT+ advocate she is today ‘There was a real sense of excitement, mixed with guilt and fear, when I first visited the Gay …

NPR | Set in a fictional African village in the 1980s, Mbue’s latest novel, ‘How Beautiful We Were,’ is a David and Goliath tale about a group of villagers who take on an American oil company. Guest host Arun Venugopal talks with Mbue about her childhood in Cameroon, becoming a …