Nicodemus Fru Awasom

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Cameroon

Title

Lecturer

Affiliation

University of Buea, Cameroon

Email

awasomnf@yahoo.com

Mailing Address

Department of History
University of Buea
Box 276
Buea
South West Province
Cameroon

Phone/Fax Number(s)

fax: (+237) 322514 or 322106

Countries of Specialization

Cameroon

Research Interests

Ph.D., 1985, Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Doctorat de 3è Cycle: "The Hausa and the Fulani in the Bamenda
Grasslands, 1903-1960."

Maitrise;, 1980, History, Université de Yaoundé
B.A. (Hons), 1979, History, Université de Yaoundé

Professional and Non-Professional Associations:

Member, Historical Society of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Member, Association of the Friends of Archives in Cameroon
Member, Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and
Development (APAD)
Member, Cameroon Human Rights League
Member, Cameroon Anglophone Movement
Member, Southern Cameroon National Council

Publications

Forthcoming 2001 "The Devolution of Power in the Trust Territories
of the Cameroons, 1946-1961," Epasa Moto: Journal of Letters, Arts,
and Culture (University of Buea, Cameroon)

2000 "The Reunification Question in Cameroon History: Was the Bride an
Enthusiastic or a Reluctant One?" Africa Today 47(2), Spring.

1998 "Colonial Background to the Development of Autonomist Tendencies in
Anglophone Cameroon, 1946-1961," Journal of Third World Studies
15(1).

With M.Z.Njeuma
1990 "The Fulani and the Political Economy of the Bamenda Grasslands,
1940-1960," Paideuma, 36.

Keywords

Anglophone Cameroon ; colonial history ; Fulani people ; Hausa people.