Journals

The University Games in Cameroon like elsewhere in the world has been annual events integrated in higher education public policy where students from different institutions of tertiary learning converge and compete in different sports discipline. Like any evolving activity, the games have not been consistent in their coordination and organization since 1985. This paper analyzes…

This paper exposed the threats to the potency and practice of traditional healing relative to human activities as well as natural and ecological considerations. The paper pointed out that, the advent of colonialism and Christianity introduced new ideologies which often tried to suppress the practice of traditional medicine, even so, the emergence of new disease…

Conflicting schools of thought have come up regarding the practice of traditional medicine in Africa. Others argued that the practice was demonic and contradictory to the will of God while others saw the practice as a gift and the blessing of God upon them. It is with this that this paper maintained that the practice…

The transition from the Franco-British titular rule in Cameroon to the establishment of the FederalState came with inordinate exigencies. One of such needs was to provide basic infrastructural amenities tomeet the ramified demands of the new independent state. This necessity occurred at a time when expatriatefirms, mostly European, were losing grip and security as a…

Since the independence and reunification of Cameroon in 1960/61, state engagements in hotel provisioning hasbeen one of the essential socio-economic devotions. Decision making in this sector has most often largelydepended on administrative preferences than well-versed managerial pointers. Consequently, some stateventures in this direction have been characterised by, inappropriate forecasting and mismanagement. Thesesetbacks in the long…

The Southern Cameroons Education Board created in 1954 and transformed to the West Cameroon Education Board in 1961, was appropriated within a post-colonial context of divergent perspectives to educational management. Such diversity in perceptions though discordant, is depictive of the dichotomy in the colonial experiences of the regions presently conterminous with the French-speaking and English-speaking…

In many African Societies, social groups have been very instrumental in providing social capitalfor local community development. However, discourses on community development have not been veryauthoritative on the specific roles gender-oriented social groups play especially in patriarchal-imposingcultural settings. Nso’, a very patriarchal setup in the Cameroon Grasslands, provides a lens through whichthe exclusive role of…

The welfare and rehabilitation of inmates constitutes a fundamental right which has been greatlyslowed down due to insufficient means and neglect. Inmate care does not only require state intervention butalso non–governmental organizations, civil society actors, the international community, individuals and thecommunity. In a bid to elicit inmates to appropriate skills and entrepreneurial capacities relevant for…

Criminality is an ambiguous term often used and understood according to a precise context .In anycase,criminality has a lot to do with all forms of unlawful behaviours by groups or individuals in any society with bindingrules or laws. Seen from any angle, acts that contravene the Law like Murder, arm-robbery, banditry, smuggling,drugging, gambling, trafficking, drug…

The Bamiléke in the Cameroon Grasslands constitute one of the most dynamic social migrantgroups distinguished for space occupation, business creation, expansion and a characteristic phenomenon ofbreaking new economic grounds. This paper seeks to examine the economic implantation of the Bamiléke inthe Bamenda Grasslands. It argues that coming from a background of business inventiveness, the Bamilékewere…