ABSTRACT

The invisibility of Anglophone Cameroon literature has always been a challenge to overcome. Stephen Arnold updated his earlier introductory account of Anglophone Cameroon literature, which he now titled “Emergent English Writing in Cameroon,” and it was included in the collection as an appendix to Nigerian Literature! While the Anglophone male writer during the early 1990s was concerned with the predicament of Anglophones in Cameroon, women writers had to deal with their double marginalization as women and Anglophones. Post-1990s, Anglophone writers continued writing prose, poetry, and drama that carry their aspirations for self-determination, but the themes have become very varied as Anglophone writers straddle the global stage. The Anglophone Cameroon crisis is slowly gaining international attention. The themes that were submitted to the call for submissions of poetry, artwork, short stories and creative non-fiction are of despair and frustration.