George Esunge Fominyen in Brief


  • George Esunge Fominyen is currently Coordinator of the Multi-Media Editorial Unit of the PANOS Institute West Africa (PIWA) in Dakar, Senegal.

    PANOS Institute West Africa 6, Rue Calmette Dakar, Senegal

    Email: [email protected]
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  • AFRICAphonie
    AFRICAphonie is a Pan African Association which operates on the premise that AFRICA can only be what AFRICANS and their friends want AFRICA to be.
  • Bakwerirama
    Spotlight on Bakweri Society and Culture. The Bakweri are an indigenous African nation.
  • Bate Besong
    Bate Besong, award-winning firebrand poet and playwright.
  • Bernard Fonlon
    Dr Bernard Fonlon was an extraordinary figure who left a large footprint in Cameroonian intellectual, social and political life.
  • Fonlon-Nichols Award
    Website of the Literary Award established to honor the memory of BERNARD FONLON, the great Cameroonian teacher, writer, poet, and philosopher, who passionately defended human rights in an often oppressive political atmosphere.
  • France Watcher
    Purpose of this advocacy site: To aggregate all available information about French terror, exploitation and manipulation of Africa
  • George Ngwane: Public Intellectual
    George Ngwane is a prominent author, activist and intellectual.
  • Jacob Nguni
    Virtuoso guitarist, writer and humorist. Former lead guitarist of Rocafil, led by Prince Nico Mbarga.
  • Martin Jumbam
    The refreshingly, unique, incisive and generally hilarous writings about the foibles of African society and politics by former Cameroon Life Magazine columnist Martin Jumbam.
  • Nowa Omoigui
    Professor of Medicine and interventional cardiologist, Nowa Omoigui is also one of the foremost experts and scholars on the history of the Nigerian Military and the Nigerian Civil War. This site contains many of his writings and comments on military subjects and history.
  • Postwatch Magazine
    A UMI (United Media Incorporated) publication. Specializing in well researched investigative reports, it focuses on the Cameroonian scene, particular issues of interest to the former British Southern Cameroons.
  • Simon Mol
    Cameroonian poet, writer, journalist and Human Rights activist living in Warsaw, Poland
  • Victor Mbarika ICT Weblog
    Victor Wacham Agwe Mbarika is one of Africa's foremost experts on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Dr. Mbarika's research interests are in the areas of information infrastructure diffusion in developing countries and multimedia learning.
  • Tunduzi
    A West African in Arusha at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on the angst, contradictions and rewards of that process.
  • Dr Godfrey Tangwa (Gobata)
    Renaissance man, philosophy professor, actor and newspaper columnist, Godfrey Tangwa aka Rotcod Gobata touches a wide array of subjects. Always entertaining and eminently readable. Visit for frequent updates.
  • Francis Nyamnjoh
    Prolific writer, social and political commentator, he was a professor at University of Buea and University of Botswana. Currently he is Head of Publications and Dissemination at CODESRIA in Dakar, Senegal. His writings are socially relevant and engaging even to the non specialist.
  • Ilongo Sphere: Writer and Poet
    Novelist and poet Ilongo Fritz Ngalle, long concealed his artist's wings behind the firm exterior of a University administrator and guidance counsellor. No longer. Enjoy his unique poems and glimpses of upcoming novels and short stories.
  • Scribbles from the Den
    The award-winning blog of Dibussi Tande, Cameroon's leading blogger.
  • Enanga's POV
    Rosemary Ekosso, a Cameroonian novelist and blogger who lives and works in Cambodia.
  • GEF's Outlook
    Blog of George Esunge Fominyen, former CRTV journalist and currently Coordinator of the Multi-Media Editorial Unit of the PANOS Institute West Africa (PIWA) in Dakar, Senegal.
  • The Chia Report
    The incisive commentary of Chicago-based former CRTV journalist Chia Innocent
  • Voice Of The Oppressed
    Stephen Neba-Fuh is a political and social critic, human rights activist and poet who lives in Norway.
  • Bate Besong
    Bate Besong, award-winning firebrand poet and playwright.
  • Up Station Mountain Club
    A no holds barred group blog for all things Cameroonian. "Man no run!"
  • Bakwerirama
    Spotlight on the Bakweri Society and Culture. The Bakweri are an indigenous African nation.
  • Fonlon-Nichols Award
    Website of the Literary Award established to honor the memory of BERNARD FONLON, the great Cameroonian teacher, writer, poet, and philosopher, who passionately defended human rights in an often oppressive political atmosphere.
  • Bernard Fonlon
    Dr Bernard Fonlon was an extraordinary figure who left a large footprint in Cameroonian intellectual, social and political life.
  • AFRICAphonie
    AFRICAphonie is a Pan African Association which operates on the premise that AFRICA can only be what AFRICANS and their friends want AFRICA to be.
  • Canute - Chronicles from the Heartland
    Professional translator, freelance writer and a regular contributor to THE POST newspaper. Lives in Douala, Cameroon

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Posts from November 2008

November 29, 2008

No Rooms in Dakar - We are Discussing AIDS in Africa

By George Esunge Fominyen

If you planned to visit the Senegalese capital this coming week and you haven't booked your hotel as yet, my advice is to cancel the trip. Everywhere is booked full as 5000 or more people are expected in the city to attend the 15th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Africa (ICASA).

Rooms at a home

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Posted at 06:55 PM in Dakar Notepad | | Comments (0)

Tags: accomodation in dakar, AIDS in Africa, dakar, ICASA 2008, international conference, senegal

November 16, 2008

Good Luck Cotonsport Garoua!


Cotonsport vs al ahly I am going to miss an event I have dreamed of for the last 20something years of my existence! A Cameroonian football club playing the final of the African Champions League.

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Posted at 06:21 AM in Sports | | Comments (1)

Tags: africa football, al ahly cairo, caf african champions league, cameroon, cotonsport garoua, egypt, final

November 09, 2008

Could Cote d'Ivoire Learn From Obama's Election

By George Esunge Fominyen

I spent part of the day Americans elected their 44th President in the Ivory Coast.

A beautiful country torn by a rebellion whose genesis involves issues of identity. Amidst all the euphoria (T-shirts and all), that was evident as Ivorians enjoyed the feeling of having a first black President in the US, I wondred what diffrence it could make in their country.

Could the rise to power in the US of a man born of a Kenyan father cause politicians in this country to rethink divisive concepts like Ivoirité, which has fuelled the long precarious political situation in the country. I spoke to some Ivorians and here's what they think (in French). 

obama rci.mp3 -

Posted at 06:51 PM in Conversation with..., International Talking Point, Podcasts | | Comments (0)

Tags: african governments, cote d'ivoire, ivory coast, lessons of us election, obama

November 06, 2008

Bakassi Hostage Crisis: Was There a Rescue Attempt? By Who?

By George Esunge Fominyen

Is the ongoing hostage crisis off the coast of Cameroon in the Bakassi Peninsula taking a nasty twist? Some rather confusing information has been circulating about a (supposed) failed attempt to rescue the hostages.

Given that I do not have first hand details and don't want to delve into suppositions, here's a round up of the conflicting details that abound in the media and particularly on the web.

Nigerian army AFP pictures

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Posted at 02:00 PM in Cameroon Newstalk | | Comments (0)

Tags: bakassi freedom fighters, bakassi hostages, defence forces, niger delta, nigeria cameroon