Boundaries and History in Africa: Issues in Conventional Boundaries and Ideological Frontiers

Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors Willibroad Dze-Ngwa (PhD) is senior lecturer/researcher in Geopolitics, Political History and International Relations, American Politics and Political Thought, Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Yaounde I and at the Department of Peace and Development Studies of the Protestant University of Central Africa (UPAC) Cameroon; the School for International Training (SIT) Cameroon. He is the current President of Africa for Research in Comparative Education (AFRICE) Societies. Dze-Ngwa is a member in many scholarly organizations like Africa Network against Illiteracy, Conflicts and Human Rights Abuse (ANICHRA), Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA); and the International Group for the Right of Education. He has travelled extensively to present papers at national and international conferences; and has several publications to his credit. Email: dzewing@yahoo.comor dzengwa@rocketmail.com E.S.D. Fomin (HDR) holds a HDR in Social History from the University of Yaounde 1. Since Obtaining a Doctorate in history in 1985, he has taught at ENS Bambili; University of Buea; and is currently teaching in the Department of History University of Yaounde1. He has published several scholarly books, many articles in peer-review Journals and has a plethora of still to be published conference papers. He was a NUFU grant beneficiary 1997 and a Ford Foundation Fellow at the University of Ghana, Legon, 1998 which have enabled him to coordinate many research projects on the legacy of slavery on Africa. Email: fomin_esd_1999@yahoo.com Sheey Ngitir Victor is a PhD research fellow specializing in Art and Culture History/Museum Studies and holder of PLEG/ Fields of Research: African and Grassfields Royal and Traditional Art/Cultural Patrimony/African Antiquities/Museology. Email: vsheyngitir80@yahoo.com Henry Kam Kah lectures history at the University of Buea, Cameroon. He has published papers in peer reviewed journals in Cameroon and abroad and is a member of scholarly organisations like CODESRIA, APSA, APCG and WARA. His research interests include but are not limited to governance, globalisation, gender, culture and civil society. Email: ndangso@yahoo.com; Walter Gam Nkwi graduated from the University of Buea with a master’s degree in African History. In 2008 he enrolled for a PhD programme in the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Currently, Nkwi holds a PhD in Social History from the same university. He has published extensively and variously, including on ethnicity, football, art, social movements an elite associations in Cameroon. His recent publications includes, Voicing the Voiceless; Towards closing Gaps in Cameroon History, 1958-2009; Sons and Daughters of the Soil and Boundary Conflicts in ,North West Cameroon, 1955-2005; Most recently he has published, Kfaang and its technologies: Towards a social history of mobility in Kom, Cameroon, 19. 1998: Omololu Fagbadebo is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University lIe-lfe, otomolu@yahoo.com Osaretin Idahosa is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Benin, Benin City, thechurchofbelievers@yahoo.com Egeran Tomwarri Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Benin, Benin City, tomwarrithegreat@yahoo.com Mark Bolak Funteh, PhD, Senior Lecturer of History, Research area is Conflict and Peace Studies, University of Maroua. Email: mfunteh@yahoo.com Emmanuel Yengong Sobseh is a PhD research Fellow, Department of History, University of Yaounde I. He is a part-time lecturer in Political History and International Relations at the Higher Teacher Training College, University of Bamenda. His area of interest is Peace and Conflict Studies. Email: sobemma@yahoo.com . Albert Pascal Temgoua est Maitre de Conférences au Département d’histoire de l’Université de Yaoundé 1. Spécialiste de l’histoire contemporaine, il est auteur d’une quinzaine d’articles dans des revues scientifiques, et éditeur scientifique de l’ouvrage intitule: La politique de le mémoire coloniale en Allemagne et au Cameroun (Munster, Berlin, LIT VERLAG, 2005). Email: Gabriel Maxime DONG MOUGNOL est titulaire d’un Doctorat/Ph. D. en Histoire obtenu en 2007 à l’Université de Yaoundé I. Il est actuellement charge de cours dans la même institution et s’intéresse particulièrement à la question des migrations et conflits interethniques au Cameroun. Email : dongmougnol2000@yahoo.fr Robert K. Kpwang est Charge de Cours dans le Département d’histoire, Université de Yaoundé I, Université de Yaoundé I. Email: robertkpwang@yahoo.fr Faustin KENNE est titulaire d’un Doctorat/PhD. en Histoire depuis 2007. Il est actuellement enseignant - chercheur au département...