Spears Author

Masafumi Nagao is a visiting Professor and Program Adviser, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, and Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University.

Mary Ngwebong Ngu is a veteran journalist, writer, and poet. She was a news anchor at Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), and later Economic Correspondent as well as Special Correspondent at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon.

Mary S. Fosi is an environmental Consultant and Chairperson of the Myrianthus Fosi Foundation for Biodiversity and Environmental Protection (MyFF), a Non-Governmental Organization that provides public awareness on environmental issues to local communities for improved sustainable livelihoods.

Martin Jumbam holds a bilingual (English/French) degree from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon, a diploma in Spanish studies from La Universidad Complùtense in Madrid, Spain, a Maîtrise en littérature comparée from La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3; a diploma in translation/interpretation from Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Martha M. A. Zama, PhD, obtained a Bachelor of Science in Education/ Zoology and Master of Education in Curriculum and Methodology degrees from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a PhD in Curriculum Studies and Teaching from the University of Buea.

Marie Ngetiko Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, is professor in the doctoral programs (Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP and Doctor of Philosophy, PhD), Graduate Programs, School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University (APU), California, USA. Dr. Fongwa has taught at the APU School of Nursing since 2010. Born and raised in Cameroon, she trained initially as a nurse-midwife in her native Cameroon and then proceeded to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Health Science and a Master’s in Public Health, focusing on health education from San Jose State University in 1983 and 1985 respectively.

Margaret Nalova Endeley is a full Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teaching. Her passion for teaching has paid off with 28 years of a rich teaching career in Cameroon. She has taught across levels from secondary to Higher Education.

Lotte Salling is a Danish author, born in 1964. She has written over 50 books, especially children’s rhyme books. In the past two decades, she has worked on children’s books and reading projects at hundreds of schools and kindergartens all over Denmark.

Kefen Budji is a cultural-linguistic anthropologist, poet, writer, and storyteller from the North West region of Cameroon.

Julius Fondong is Policy Analyst and Governance Expert who previously worked for the Cameroon Government as a Civil Administrator. He has also served with several U.N. Peace Operations around the world. His professional and academic interests have largely focused on governance and institution building in conflict and post-conflict environments.

Jude A. Fonchenalla is a poet, editor, teacher and social worker. His poems have appeared in Ashes and Memories (2019, Editions Teham) and his writing focuses on issues related to leadership, youth and women’s empowerment.

Joseph S. Fomunung is a Political Economist/researcher trained at Indiana State University and the University of Wisconsin, USA. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s at Indiana State in International Relations with heavy concentration in Comparative Development. Majoring in Political Science and minoring in Economics inspired his interest in economic development and global inequities. Returning to his native Cameroon in the mid- eighties, he actively engaged in research on development and became a part-time consultant to the European Union office in Yaoundé. He contributed scholarly articles in the European Union trade and development magazine the EEC-ACP Courier.