Nicodemus Fru Awasom (University of Buea, Cameroon)

Submitted:  Thur, 15 March 2001



Dr. Nicodemus Fru Awasom
Lecturer
Department of History
University of Buea
Cameroon
Box 276
Buea 
South West Province
Cameroon

fax:     (+237) 322514  or 322106
e-mail:  awasomnf@yahoo.com



Education:

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.


Professional Experiences:

1982-1992  Senior Supervisor of Student Teachers, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I.

1980-1992  Senior History Tutor, Lycée de Yaoundé

October 1999-March 2000  Visiting Lecturer of African History,
Universität Basel, Switzerland, Historisches Seminar, Hirschgasslein
21, CH-4051, Basel.

January-March 2001   Visiting Research Fellow, African Studies Centre,
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.