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Babafemi Badejo

Babafemi Badejo, a Political Scientist and Lawyer hails from Nigeria. Badejo, prior to his current role as Head of Political Affairs at the UN Mission in Liberia, served as Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia. Badejo played primary role in the design, negotiation and implementation of the Djibouti Initiative that set up national governance structures for Somalia after decade of civil strife. He also organised and participated in peace accord negotiations among Somali leaders that resulted in the Nairobi Declaration of March 1994.

He has recently published a biography of Raila Odinga, a foremost politician in Kenya. Described as "an excellent introduction for the uninitiated to the complex landscape of Kenyan politics" by Dr. Jeremy Matam Farrall, University of Tasmania, Australia the book will be available from African Books Collective next month.

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Nigerian writer Chukwuemeka Ike was awarded the 2008 Fonlon-Nichols Award at the African Literature Association meeting in Illinois during April. Previous winners of the award include Niyi Osundare, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Wole Soyinka.

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Francis Nyamnjoh is the author of five works of fiction – three novels: The Disillusioned African (1995), Mind Searching (1991), A Nose for Money (2006); a play, The Convert (2003), and a book of short stories, Stories from Abakwa (2007). He has authored and edited several scholarly works, including recently, Africa's Media: Democracy and the Politics of Belonging (Zed Books, 2005). His background is in sociology, and he has held academic posts in Cameroon, Botswana and South Africa, and is currently Head of Publications and Dissemination at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

Visit Francis Nyamnjoh's blog here.

Books authored by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

The Convert

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558032 | 76 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2007 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

The Disillusioned African

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558025 | 264 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2007 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

Mind Searching

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558049 | 232 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2007 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

A Nose for Money

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789966254276 | 212 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2006 | East African Educational Publishers, Kenya | Paperback

Souls Forgotten

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558124 | 360 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2008 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

Stories from Abakwa

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558001 | 148 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2007 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

Books edited by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

The Cameroon GCE Crisis

A Test of Anglophone Solidarity

Edited by Richard Fonteh Akum, Francis B. Nyamnjoh

ISBN 9789956558155 | 376 pages | 229 x 152 mm | 2008 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback

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