Another Session, Another Step Forward: Njangi for Creatives Bamenda Keeps Building

Last September, we gathered once again for another session of our Njangi for Creatives—a powerful opportunity to enlighten, empower, and support one another. We shared ideas, pooled our resources, and continued building Bamenda's creative economy, one step at a time. Together, we keep moving forward.

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Bamendian Spoken-Word Artist Mottanni Gains Academic Spotlight as His Poetry Inspires Research at the University of Bamenda

BAMENDA, CAMEROON — October 2026 — The work of award-winning Cameroonian spoken-word artist Mottanni, born Tanni Desmond Awa, is the focus of a Master of Arts dissertation at the University of Bamenda, bringing new academic attention to a performance practice shaped by cultural identity, social realities and the possibilities of art as a tool for public dialogue.

MY POEMS ARE NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MASTER'S DISSERTATION

A decade of poetry. Now, a Master's dissertation. My spoken word performances are the subject of academic study at the University of Bamenda—an analysis of how slam poetry constructs identity, challenges power, and transforms society in Cameroon. Art is not just performance. It is scholarship. It is evidence. It is legacy.