Seraphin Kamdem
Biographic Data
| ID | 2406633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seraphin Kamdem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seraphin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kamdem |
| SIGNATURE | KAMDEM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4482-9764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Decolonizing Cameroon’s language policies
Due to its colonial history and prevalent multilingualism, Cameroon is a country where language policies have profoundly impacted socioeconomic and political life. Cameroon has 273 local languages and two official languages, English and French. The two official languages have been a crystallization point for discontent and civil unrest, leading to secessionist sentiments and violence. In this paper, we assess Cameroon’s language policies, firstly…
Investigating the opportunities and challenges for African languages in public spaces
This introduction to the Special Edition provides a rationale for the inclusion of the selected articles. We begin with a consideration of various factors that led to the marginalisation of African languages, including the hegemony of English, colonialism and ensuing language policies that still hold today. Such policies proclaimed languages exogenous to the continent as official languages for formal public discourses, including the education dom…
Cameroon
In the globalised world of the 21st century, characterised by fast changing socio-political environments, mobility, and technological advances, the Cameroonian journalist is caught between the need for social relevance, a role in helping positive social change and the maintenance of professional standards.Talk of media freedom in post-colonial Cameroon raises the question: Freedom from what or whom?Who or what restricts or represses freedom of ex…
A new and sharper look at languages and globalization
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A new and sharper look at languages and globalization
Cameroon
In the globalised world of the 21st century, characterised by fast changing socio-political environments, mobility, and technological advances, the Cameroonian journalist is caught between the need for social relevance, a role in helping positive social change and the maintenance of professional standards.Talk of media freedom in post-colonial Cameroon raises the question: Freedom from what or whom?Who or what restricts or represses freedom of ex…
Investigating the opportunities and challenges for African languages in public spaces
This introduction to the Special Edition provides a rationale for the inclusion of the selected articles. We begin with a consideration of various factors that led to the marginalisation of African languages, including the hegemony of English, colonialism and ensuing language policies that still hold today. Such policies proclaimed languages exogenous to the continent as official languages for formal public discourses, including the education dom…
Decolonizing Cameroon’s language policies
Due to its colonial history and prevalent multilingualism, Cameroon is a country where language policies have profoundly impacted socioeconomic and political life. Cameroon has 273 local languages and two official languages, English and French. The two official languages have been a crystallization point for discontent and civil unrest, leading to secessionist sentiments and violence. In this paper, we assess Cameroon’s language policies, firstly…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Applied linguistics (1 work)