A J Njoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 652786 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A J Njoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | A J |
| FAMILY NAME | Njoh |
| SIGNATURE | NJOH A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3256-7434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 69 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 294 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 69 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Environmental and Institutional Factors Affecting Renewable Energy Development and Implications for Achieving SDGs 7 and 11 in Mozambique’s Major Cities
Mozambique’s rapidly urbanizing landscape presents both opportunities and challenges for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 11, which aim to ensure access to clean energy and sustainable cities. This study employs the HESPECT analytical framework—emphasizing Historical, Economic, Social, Political, Ecological, Cultural, and Technological dimensions of the energy context—to examine the factors shaping renewable energy transitions…
Africa in Urban History
This Element in Global Urban History seeks to promote understanding of the urban history of Africa. It does so by undertaking four main tasks. Firstly, it employs race, ethnicity, class, and conflict theory as conceptual frameworks to analyze the spatial structures, social, and political-economic dynamics of African cities from global, comparative, and transnational perspectives. Secondly, it proposes a new typology of the continent's cities. Thi…
Colonial development policies as tools of ecological imperialism in Southeast Asia
The study employed an epistemological framework of ecological imperialism to highlight the environmental implications of colonial development policies in Southeast Asia. The analysis focused on the environmental justice, equity, and fairness implications of colonial development initiatives in five domains: the built environment, land, agriculture, forestry, and mining. It reveals that the initiatives were tantamount to ecological imperialism in e…
Challenges to Indigenous Knowledge Incorporation in Basic Environmental Education in Anglophone Cameroon
The study employed qualitative data to analyse factors influencing efforts to incorporate indigenous knowledge (IK) in basic formal environmental education (EE). Anglophone Cameroon's education subsystem constitutes the empirical referent; it employed an environmental scanning model (ESM) to identify major historical, economic, social, political, economic, cultural, and technological (HESPECT) factors that influence these efforts. It reveals that…
French Ecological Imperialism
Ecological imperialism is receiving increasing attention from analysts. However, the extant literature on the subject contains two major gaps. First, the non-English-speaking world is woefully underrepresented. Second, previous analyses have employed mainly Marxist analytical frameworks; consequently, the efficacy of alternative frameworks in analyzing ecological imperialism remains largely undeveloped. To bridge these two gaps, I focus on two ar…
Fairness, Equity, and Justice Implications of French-Influenced Environmental Policy in Africa
France has played an active role in the environmental policy field in Africa prior to, during, and since the European colonial era on the continent in the 19th century. However, because France's overseas activities receive inadequate attention in the Anglophone literature, knowledge of this role is scant among English-speaking scholars. This article analyzes French activities in the environmental policy field in Africa. The focus is on five speci…
Evolution of Colonial Towns and Factors Influencing Toponymic Practices in Germano-Anglo Cameroon
The study examines Germano-Anglo colonial towns in Cameroon to determine factors accounting for the scarcity of infrastructure as well as streets and places with Eurocentric names. Using primary and secondary data, it demonstrates that the lack of infrastructure in the polity is a function of negligence by colonial and post-colonial authorities. With few pieces of public infrastructure, the authorities have had few streets and places to attribute…
Examining the contribution of community participation in water resource production and management
The relationship between electricity consumption and improvement in women's welfare in Africa
Determinants of Ecofeminism in Anglophone Cameroon
This paper analyzes ecofeminism operationalized as the relationship between women and the natural environment. It treats ecofeminism as context-dependent and not a universal construct as suggested in the literature. It focuses on the political, economic, social, technological, ecological, cultural and historical (PESTECH) context of ecofeminism in Anglophone Cameroon, a polity with a unique pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial experience. Eac…
Street and Property Identification and the Challenge of Urban Management in Mekelle City, Ethiopia
The study employs in-situ primary data supplemented with secondary information from conventional archival sources to examine the toponymic experience of Ethiopia, one of only two African countries without a colonial history. The focus is on Mekelle, the country's third largest city. The city's spatial structure is nondescript. The streets are identified with a string of numbers, which are placed at irregular intervals. Most landmarks are unnamed …
CDC Company Towns in Cameroon
The article analyzes company towns with particular emphasis on the workers’ camps of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) in Cameroon. The avowed purpose of the camps from their inception during the colonial era has always been to meet the housing needs of workers. However, the article contends that the camps were designed to accomplish two principal, albeit unstated, objectives, namely, 1) to articulate power and maintain social order in b…
The impact of basic utility services on infant mortality in Africa
Vocabularies of Spatiality in French Colonial Urbanism
The study analyses toponymic practices in two colonial spaces on two continents. The colonial spaces, Dakar and Saigon, were capitals of the Federation of French West Africa and French Indochina, respectively. Toponymy is used as a tool to articulate socio-cultural and political power in both spaces; also, streets were christened after French military, politico-administrative and religious personalities. Two differences are noted. First, streets …
Institutional, economic and socio-cultural factors accounting for gender-based inequalities in land title procurement in Cameroon
Power and Social Control in Settler and Exploitation Colonies
This paper analyzes strategies for articulating power and effectuating social control in the built environment by French colonial authorities in New France and colonial Africa. The former was a settler colony while the latter comprised colonies of economic exploitation. Despite their different colonial status, they shared much in common. In this regard, French colonial authorities recycled spatial control strategies they had employed in New Franc…
Electricity Supply, and Access to Water and Improved Sanitation as Determinants of Gender-Based Inequality in Educational Attainment in Africa
The relationship between modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and development in Africa
Effects of macro-economic factors on women's formal land ownership status in Cameroon
Examining the relationship between community participation and water handling hygiene practices in the informal neighborhoods of Kisumu, Kenya
Toponymic Inscription as an Instrument of Power in Africa
This study analyses toponymic inscription, the exercise of street/place naming, as a tool for articulating power in Anglophone and Francophone Africa. The focus is on Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya, which were respectively indispensable for the colonial projects of France and Britain in Africa. Dakar was for France's West African Federation what Nairobi was for Britain's colonial East Africa. It is shown that toponymic inscription was used wit…
Africa's Triple Heritage, Land Commodification and Women's Access to Land
Women have less access to land than men in Africa. Previous analyses have typically identified African indigenous culture as the problem's exclusive source. With Cameroon, Kenya and Sierra Leone as empirical referents, an alternative explanation is advanced. Here, the problem is characterized as a product of Africa's triple heritage, comprising three main cultures, viz., African indigenous tradition, European/Christianity and Arabia/Islam. The fo…
"The Right-To-The-City Question" and Indigenous Urban Populations in Capital Cities in Cameroon
This paper explores the implications of state land tenure modernization and urbanization-promotion initiatives for human rights in Cameroon. The aim is to promote understanding of the implications of these initiatives for the right-to-the-city of indigenous urban residents. It is argued that the implications are more severe in politico-administrative headquarters than elsewhere in the country. Three different cities have served, at some point, as…
French Urbanism in Foreign Lands
Applicability of quantitative techniques in studies of colonialism
Sammanfattning saknas
The Toponymic Inscription Problematic in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa
We examine a variety of problems relating to toponymic inscription processes in urban sub-Saharan Africa. The objective is to promote understanding of: the origins, evolution, nature, extent and social implications of these problems in an era of globalization; the vocabularies of built space; and the navigation techniques of inhabitants of supposedly nondescript built space in this region. We employed primary data based on in situ experiences and…
The Impact of Religion on Women Empowerment as a Millennium Development Goal in Africa
Urbanization and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Toponymic Inscription as an Instrument of Power in Africa
This study analyses toponymic inscription, the exercise of street/place naming, as a tool for articulating power in Anglophone and Francophone Africa. The focus is on Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya, which were respectively indispensable for the colonial projects of France and Britain in Africa. Dakar was for France's West African Federation what Nairobi was for Britain's colonial East Africa. It is shown that toponymic inscription was used wit…
The experience and legacy of French colonial urban planning in sub‐Saharan Africa
This paper examines the activities of French colonial authorities in the urban planning arena in sub‐Saharan Africa. It reveals that, despite the dearth of information on these activities, especially in the relevant English language literature, the French were very active in the planning field before and during their colonial era in the region. While these activities might have been intended to do no more than facilitate the attainment of French …
The Political Economy of Urban Land Reforms in a Post-Colonial State
This paper investigates the rationale for land law reforms as well as their implications for different societal groups in Cameroon. It is revealed that the rationale - that is, to place as much land as possible in state hands - has remained unchanged since the colonial era. The study further shows that the land law reforms have always been skewed in favour of political and bureaucratic elites, entrepreneurs and the salariat at the expense of wome…
"The Right-To-The-City Question" and Indigenous Urban Populations in Capital Cities in Cameroon
This paper explores the implications of state land tenure modernization and urbanization-promotion initiatives for human rights in Cameroon. The aim is to promote understanding of the implications of these initiatives for the right-to-the-city of indigenous urban residents. It is argued that the implications are more severe in politico-administrative headquarters than elsewhere in the country. Three different cities have served, at some point, as…
Toponymic inscription, physical addressing and the challenge of urban management in an era of globalization in Cameroon
The role of community participation in public works projects in LDCs
The study was designed to highlight the role of community or citizen participation (CP) in the implementation of public works projects in less developed countries (LDCs). The empirical referent of the study is the self-help water project of Bonadikombo, a suburb of the city of Limbe in Cameroon. It is shown that CP played an indispensable role in the realisation of that project. Five of the weakest forms of CP, namely contributions, enlistment, c…
The impact of colonization on access to improved water and sanitation facilities in African cities
The relationship between modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and development in Africa
Development implications of colonial land and human settlement schemes in Cameroon
Africa's Triple Heritage, Land Commodification and Women's Access to Land
Women have less access to land than men in Africa. Previous analyses have typically identified African indigenous culture as the problem's exclusive source. With Cameroon, Kenya and Sierra Leone as empirical referents, an alternative explanation is advanced. Here, the problem is characterized as a product of Africa's triple heritage, comprising three main cultures, viz., African indigenous tradition, European/Christianity and Arabia/Islam. The fo…
Equity, Fairness and Justice Implications of Land Tenure Formalization inCameroon
This article examinesCameroon's modern land policy. Initially, it traces the policy's roots to the colonial era. As the onlyAfrican country that came under the control of threeEuropean colonial powers, viz.Germany,Britain andFrance,Cameroon provides a unique opportunity to understand colonialism's influence onAfrica's persistent land problem. This is because the problem is structurally embedded in the historical processes of colonial rule. The he…
The Impact of Colonial Heritage on Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Electricity Supply, and Access to Water and Improved Sanitation as Determinants of Gender-Based Inequality in Educational Attainment in Africa
Effects of macro-economic factors on women's formal land ownership status in Cameroon
Determinants of success in community self-help projects
The article examines the community self-help water supply scheme of Kumbo (Nso), Cameroon, with a view to identifying and analysing the factors that have contributed to its success. The success construct is defined along four principal dimensions: 'internal project objects', 'benefits to customers', 'direct contribution to the medium term' and 'future opportunity in the long term'. Evidence suggests that the following factors account for the posi…
Vocabularies of Spatiality in French Colonial Urbanism
The study analyses toponymic practices in two colonial spaces on two continents. The colonial spaces, Dakar and Saigon, were capitals of the Federation of French West Africa and French Indochina, respectively. Toponymy is used as a tool to articulate socio-cultural and political power in both spaces; also, streets were christened after French military, politico-administrative and religious personalities. Two differences are noted. First, streets …
Institutional, economic and socio-cultural factors accounting for gender-based inequalities in land title procurement in Cameroon
The Development Hypothesis of Women Empowerment in the Millennium Development Goals Tested in the Context Women's Access to Land in Africa
Colonization and sanitation in urban Africa
Gender-Biased Transportation Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Reference to Cameroon
The paper discusses transport problems facing women in Cameroon. Among major factors contributing to these problems are: societal attitudes, urban-biased development schemes, gender-based discriminatory transport policies, inappropriate spatial organization, and negative trends in the country's economy. The author argues that the uniqueness of women-specific transport problems warrants special and calculated action on the part of planners and pol…
French Ecological Imperialism
Ecological imperialism is receiving increasing attention from analysts. However, the extant literature on the subject contains two major gaps. First, the non-English-speaking world is woefully underrepresented. Second, previous analyses have employed mainly Marxist analytical frameworks; consequently, the efficacy of alternative frameworks in analyzing ecological imperialism remains largely undeveloped. To bridge these two gaps, I focus on two ar…
The Meta Indigenous Politico-Administrative System, Good Governance, and the Modern Republican State in Cameroon
Traditional or indigenous politico-administrative institutions, as opposed to those of western origin, appear to be regaining their once lost allure in Africa. Yet, it is not enough to simply extol or advocate a return to tradition. There is a need to examine the implicit hypothesis of such advocacy. Are traditional institutions truly capable of making a positive contribution to ongoing efforts to promote good governance and, ultimately, developm…
The institutional framework for housing policy administration in Cameroon
The effectiveness theory of interorganizational relations explored in the context of a developing nation
The land use policy implementation system in Cameroon
A client-satisfaction-based model of urban public service delivery organizational effectiveness
Interorganisational relations and effectiveness in a developing housing policy field
Colonial spatial development policies, economic instability, and urban public transportation in Cameroon
The Political Economy of Urban Land Reforms in a Post-Colonial State
This paper investigates the rationale for land law reforms as well as their implications for different societal groups in Cameroon. It is revealed that the rationale - that is, to place as much land as possible in state hands - has remained unchanged since the colonial era. The study further shows that the land law reforms have always been skewed in favour of political and bureaucratic elites, entrepreneurs and the salariat at the expense of wome…
The State, urban development policy and society in Cameroon
Gender-Biased Transportation Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Reference to Cameroon
The paper discusses transport problems facing women in Cameroon. Among major factors contributing to these problems are: societal attitudes, urban-biased development schemes, gender-based discriminatory transport policies, inappropriate spatial organization, and negative trends in the country's economy. The author argues that the uniqueness of women-specific transport problems warrants special and calculated action on the part of planners and pol…
Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study explores the relationship between transportation infrastructure and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. Transportation infrastructure is operationalized in terms of road density per capita, whereas economic development is defined in terms of gross national product per capita. The findings support the hypothesis of a positive association between the two variables. The association is stronger for roads in good conditions—defined a…
The Impact of Colonial Heritage on Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asphalt Nation
Geographies of Disability
Development implications of colonial land and human settlement schemes in Cameroon
The role of community participation in public works projects in LDCs
The study was designed to highlight the role of community or citizen participation (CP) in the implementation of public works projects in less developed countries (LDCs). The empirical referent of the study is the self-help water project of Bonadikombo, a suburb of the city of Limbe in Cameroon. It is shown that CP played an indispensable role in the realisation of that project. Five of the weakest forms of CP, namely contributions, enlistment, c…
Urbanization and development in sub-Saharan Africa
The experience and legacy of French colonial urban planning in sub‐Saharan Africa
This paper examines the activities of French colonial authorities in the urban planning arena in sub‐Saharan Africa. It reveals that, despite the dearth of information on these activities, especially in the relevant English language literature, the French were very active in the planning field before and during their colonial era in the region. While these activities might have been intended to do no more than facilitate the attainment of French …
Determinants of success in community self-help projects
The article examines the community self-help water supply scheme of Kumbo (Nso), Cameroon, with a view to identifying and analysing the factors that have contributed to its success. The success construct is defined along four principal dimensions: 'internal project objects', 'benefits to customers', 'direct contribution to the medium term' and 'future opportunity in the long term'. Evidence suggests that the following factors account for the posi…
African cities and regional trade in historical perspective
The role and goals of the state in urban development in Niger
Planning Power
With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa. Drawing out similarities in the colonial administrative and economic strategies of the two powers, rather than emphasizing the differences, the book offers an unusually nuanced view of African planning systems in a time of upheaval and political change. In showing how the colonial authorities sought to gain politi…
Politico-economic determinants of forestry policy in Cameroon
Colonial Philosophies, Urban Space, and Racial Segregation in British and French Colonial Africa
British colonial authorities adhered to a philosophy of racial segregation while their French counterparts subscribed to one that segregates along socioeconomic and cultural lines. This article interrogates the rationale for these two colonial philosophies and addresses the following questions: How were these philosophies given physical expression in colonial urban space? Why did the two seemingly opposing philosophies produce identical racially …
Implications of Africa's Transportation Systems for Development in the Era of Globalization
The paper identifies and discusses major implications of Africa's contemporary transport infrastructure for the continent's development in general and its active participation in the globalization process in particular. Initially it identifies and analyses major events in the evolution of the continent's modern transport systems. It is revealed that colonial authorities did the most to develop these systems. However, because the systems were desi…
The segregated city in British and French colonial Africa
A number of different techniques and rationales were used by the French and British colonial authorities to racially segregate cities in Africa - from the use of planning by-laws requiring European building materials, to the requiring of fluency in European languages in specific areas of towns. Here, the ways in which town planning policies were used to segregate cities in Madagascar, Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria are considered
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