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Hartford Loves Poetry Finale
Ashuntantang is hoping that her work will help preserve disappearing Manyu crafts like the asoreh—and she also wants to use
Why I Teach Enthusiasm | Joyce Ashuntantang | TEDxUniversityofHartford
Educators are always looking for ways to improve student learning in the classroom. After teaching for 19 years in various co
UHart Professor Speaks on Importance of Black History Month
Joyce Ashuntantang, an associate professor of English in the University of Hartford's Hillyer College, talked to FoxCT about
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Identity
By Joyce Ashuntantang
My daughter, you tell me you did not fall from a tree You have a father, and you want his name And so today you carry a piece of paper with A new name, a flash light of identity They say I am a good
Two Poems in Kenyang at Hartford Loves Poetry Event- Connecticut, USA
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Draft English Translation of Poems:
ASO (ASHUM): My Ancestral Home
Aso, my ancestral home in Cameroon Aso, at the foot of Apiong[i] You are rooted in my heart Until the
Barbara Tah Gwanmesia
Barbara Tah Gwanmesia celebrated author of Vasona's Secret is our guest in the Spotlight. A graduate of Journalism, International Relations and World Politics with a confessed avid yearning for an understanding of how the human mind works and mankind

Monique Kwachou’s “Rough-drafts: from reading to writing”
There is a lot to like about Monique Kwachou’s “Rough Draft: From Reading to Writing” but I am enthralled by the defiance behind publishing a piece of writing labeled “rough draft”. That in itself is a critic of the writing process. After

Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone
The beautiful painting hung on the wall. It was titled "Paradise Palms". We had to produce one exactly like that. Our coach, Katie explained how we were going to do that. I listened attentively but it just seemed an impossible task. I had never pain

Kenjo Jumbam and the Unfulfilled Potential of Early Anglophone Cameroon Writers
Joyce Ashuntantang
(Originally published in Palapala Magazine) Kenjojumbam In 2005, veteran Cameroonian writer, Kenjo Jumbam, author of The White Man Of God died in his native Nso, prematurely ending the career of one of Cameroo
50 Years After “Things Fall Apart”: A Chat with Chinua Achebe
By Joyce Ashuntantang, PhD “Okonkwo was well known through out the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his clan by throwing Amalinze the cat”. Wit

My Thoughts on the Inauguration
As I watched Larry King yesterday night, he kept asking this same question to all his guests: What does the inauguration mean to you? I have been trying to answer that question this morning. As a black person living in the United States at this t