Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review
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Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review (fr
: Abbia: Revue Culturelle Camerounaise) is an academic journal
devoted to the culture of Cameroon
and to the promotion of bilingualism in the country. It was founded by Bernard Fonlon
in 1963.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Abbia: Revue Culturelle Camerounaise) is an academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
devoted to the culture of Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
and to the promotion of bilingualism in the country. It was founded by Bernard Fonlon
Bernard Fonlon
Bernard Nsokika Fonlon was a government minister and leading intellectual of Cameroon.He was born in Kumbo, Nso, Northwest Province, and was educated at Christ the King College in Nigeria, then entered the Bigard Memorial Seminary with the intent of going into the priesthood...
in 1963.