This paper is based on a field-research between July and September 1999 in Douala-Cameroon. In this coastal town, situated in the central belt of Africa and characterised by both cosmopolitanism and ...

Zakiyaou Mohamed awoke from yet another night of fitful sleep atop his motorcycle in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala and stretched his limbs under a petrol station canopy that provided shelter from ...

A stopover in Yaoundé? This will inevitably trigger a concert of “tchips” among Cameroonians leaving for abroad. And when the airline makes the opposite journey, those in the cabin also make a face.