“Fragmented Nation or The Anglophone/Francophone Problem in Cameroon”

Since 2016, Cameroon has been plagued by bloody conflict and unrest, which threatens to escalate into a civil war in this strategically located nation in Central Africa.

Gilbert Doho, associate professor of French, is organizing a working conference titled “Fragmented Nation or The Anglophone/Francophone Problem in Cameroon” to be held Friday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 280 (Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence).

The conference will feature five guest speakers:

• Nicodemus Fru Awasom of University of Eswatini (Swaziland);
• Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi of North Carolina State University;
• Cilas Kemedjio of University of Rochester;
• Jacob Tatsitsa of University of Ottawa; and
• Arnaud Tcheutou of Lousiana State University.

The event is sponsored by:

• Department of Modern Languages and Literatures;
• Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence;
• Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities;
• SAGES;
• Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity;
• Ethnic Studies Program; and
• Women’s and Gender Studies Program.