Langaa RPCIG

Langaa RPCIG (Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group) is an African academic and literary publisher based in Cameroon. Its catalogue spans African Studies, social sciences, history, literature, poetry, religion, and reference works, with a strong emphasis on scholarship and creative writing by African authors and about African realities. The publisher's tagline, "Voicing African Voices," captures its mission of amplifying African perspectives in global academic and literary conversations. The house publishes monographs, edited volumes, poetry collections, short-story collections, and reference books. Its list includes titles such as "Faultlines in the Long Durée of Human History" by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, the three-volume "Tigray" series by Mirjam van Reisen, Munyaradzi Mawere and co-authors, "The Logic of Exclusion" by Francis B. Nyamnjoh, and French-language works such as "La Logorrhée du poète ou l'Histoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes" by Bill F. Ndi. The catalogue is organised into categories including African Studies, History, Literature, Poetry, Social Sciences, and Reference Books. Langaa RPCIG operates as a common initiative group, a form of collective enterprise recognised in Cameroon. It serves authors, researchers, and readers interested in African scholarship and letters, distributing its titles internationally through its website and academic channels. The publisher's output reflects a commitment to decolonial thought, African history, and contemporary social critique, with authors drawn from Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and the wider diaspora.

Langaa RPCIG is a Cameroon-based publishing house operating as a Common Initiative Group, a collective enterprise form used in Cameroon. It publishes academic and literary works with a focus on African Studies, social sciences, history, literature, and poetry. Its tagline, "Voicing African Voices," signals its mission to centre African authorship and perspectives. The publisher's catalogue has grown to include works by prominent African scholars and writers. Among its titles are Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni's "Faultlines in the Long Durée of Human History: Genealogies, Trajectories and Horizons," a work engaging decolonial thought and the insider/outsider dialectic; the three-volume "Tigray" series by Mirjam van Reisen, Munyaradzi Mawere and co-authors, examining the Tigray War (2020–2022); "The Logic of Exclusion: Tales of Intimate Strangers" by Francis B. Nyamnjoh; and French-language poetry such as Bill F. Ndi's "La Logorrhée du poète ou l'Histoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes" (2018). The house organises its list into categories including African Studies, History, Literature, Poetry, Social Sciences, and Reference Books, and publishes in both English and French. Its output reflects a commitment to decolonial scholarship, African history, and contemporary social critique, with authors drawn from Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and the wider diaspora. Langaa RPCIG distributes its titles internationally through its website and academic channels.

• 2018

  Publication of Bill F. Ndi's poetry collection 'La Logorrhée du poète ou l'Histoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes'.

African-focused academic and literary publisher amplifying African voices in global scholarship and letters.

• African Studies / Social Sciences

  Faultlines in the Long Durée of Human History: Genealogies, Trajectories and Horizons

• History / African Studies

  Tigray: The Hysteresis of War, Book 1

• History / African Studies

  Tigray: The Panarchy of War, Book 2

• History / African Studies

  Tigray: War in a Digital Black Hole, Book 3

• Literature

  The Logic of Exclusion: Tales of Intimate Strangers

• Literature / Poetry

  La Logorrhée du poète ou l'Histoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes

• Religion / Social Sciences

  Building the Christian Church on a Rock: In Search of Virtues for the Church We Want in Africa

• African Studies / Social Sciences

  Inégalité dans l'enfance en Afrique Sub Saharienne: les enfants impactés par la migration

1. 1Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group - Voicing African Voiceslangaa-rpcig.net
2. 2History Archives - Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Grouplangaa-rpcig.net
3. 3Faultlines in the Long Durée of Human History Genealogies, Trajectories and Horizons - Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Grouplangaa-rpcig.net
4. 4La Logorrhée du poète ou l'Histoire des Camerouns en 33 gouttelettes - Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Grouplangaa-rpcig.net
5. 5Wikidata: Langaa RPCIGwikidata.org