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• Ambanasom, S. A. Education of the deprived: anglophone Cameroon literary drama. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing, 2010.
• Ambassa Betoko, Marie-Thérèse, and Arlette Chemain-Degrange. Le théâtre populaire francophone au Cameroun (1970-2003): langage, société, imaginaire. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010.
• Ambe, Hila Rious N. Change Aesthetics in Anglophone Cameroon Drama and Theater. Bayreuth African Studies 83. Bayreuth: Pia Thielmann and Eckhard Breitinger, 2007. [Reviewed by Gilbert Doho in Research in African Literatures 39, no. 3 (2008): pp. 223-224.]
• Anderson, Gary, Lena Simic, David Haley, Zoe Svendsen, Lucy Neal, and Emelda Ngufor Samba. "Troubling practices: short responses." Research in Drama Education 17, no. 2 (2012): pp. 289-306.
• Atangana-Abolo, Marthe-Isabelle. L’esthétique dramaturgique de Gervais Mendo Ze. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008.
• Awono Ambassa, H. Clément. Du riz, ou la route: pièce théâtrale en 7 actes. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009.
• Bannavti, J. K. and Shey Stephen Shemlon. Rock of god/Kilán ke nyùy. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing, 2010.
• Barnes, Hazel. Arts Activism, Education, and Therapies: Transforming Communities across Africa. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013.
• Belinga B’eno, Charles. Le pacte: drame mythologique en neuf tableaux. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2007.
• Besong, Bate. "The Failure of the Modern Aesop in Anglophone Cameroonian Drama: The Example of Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh’s The Inheritance." Journal of Third World Studies 24, no. 1 (2007): pp. 167-187.
• Besong, Bate. Three plays. Yaoundé: Editions CLE, 2003.
• Bizo, Aimey and Marie-Anne Clerget. Spectacles vivants au Cameroun: de la production à l’organisation d’une tournée. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2015.
• Breitinger, Eckhard, Susan Arndt, and Katrin Berndt. Words and Worlds: African Writing, Theater, and Society: A Commemorative Publication in Honour of Eckhard Breitinger. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2007.
• Butake, Bole. Dance of the Vampires and Six Other Plays. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Pub. CIG, 2013.
• Bvouma, Edouard Elvis. Contemporain Cameroun: théâtre. Yaoundé: Éditions Ifrikiya, 2011.
• Chiangong, Mforbe Pepetual. Rituals in Cameroon drama: a semiological interpretation of the plays of Gilbert Doho, Bole Butake and Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh. Bayreuth African studies series, 90. Eckersdorf, Germany: Pia Thielmann and Eckhard Breitinger, 2011. [Reviewed by Naomi Nkealah in English in Africa 39, no. 3 (2012): p. 98; by Emmanuel Fru Doh in Africa (Cambridge University Press) (2012): pp. 670-671.]
• Dili Palaï, Clément. Foyer de tensions. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008.
• Doho, Gilbert. People theater and grassroots empowerment in Cameroon. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2006.
• Doho, Gilbert. "Theatre and Environmental Education in Cameroon/Women in Theatre for Development in Cameroon: Participation, Contributions and Limitations." Research in African Literatures 39, no. 2 (2008): pp. 166-169.
• Eckert, Andreas. “Louis Brody (1892-1951) of Cameroon and Mohammed Bayume Hussein (1904-1944) of former German East Africa: variety show performers and the Black community in Germany between the wars,” in The Human Tradition in Modern Africa edited by Dennis D. Cordell. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
• Enoh, Ayang Frederick. Green Hills: A Play on Environmental Protection. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2012.
• Eyoh, H. N. The Development of Drama in Cameroon, 1959-1979. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Leeds, 1979.
• Eyoh, H. N. Hammocks to Bridges: Report on the Workshop on Theatre for Integrated Rural Development, Kumba, Cameroon, 1-16 December 1984. Yaounde, Cameroon: BET, 1986.
• Fame Ndongo, Jacques. Ils ont mangé mon fils: théâtre: drame en deux tableaux. Yaoundé: Presses universitaires de Yaoundé, 2007.
• Fofié, Jacques Raymond. Regards historiques et critiques sur le théâtre camerounais. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2011.
• Fofié, Jacques Raymond and David Simo. La création linguistique dramatique au Cameroun. Yaoundé: Presses universitaires de Yaoundé, 2007.
• Fouth, Jean-Claude. Le cercle vicieux: pièce de théâtre en quatre actes. Littératures et savoirs. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Fouts, Salome Wekisa. Werewere Liking, Sony Labou Tansi, and Tchicaya U Tam'si: Pioneers of 'new theater' in Francophone Africa. Ph.D., Ohio State U., 2004.
• Gomia, Victor N. “Cameroon anglophone radio theatre: fertile ground for literature of combat,” in The Africa We Know: Reading and Writing across Disciplines in African and Liberal Studies Programs edited by Désiré Baloubi. Littleton, MA: Tapestry Press, 2009.
• Gomia, Victor N. Mobilizing the Hordes: Radio Drama as Development Theatre in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG, 2012.
• Inyang, Ekpe. The hill barbers. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2010.
• Jua, Roselyne M. The Tragedy of Mr No Balance. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research, 2008.
• Jua, Roselyne M. and Francis B. Nyamnjoh. The Barn. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research, 2008.
• Ketingye, Prowo. Sorcellerie, ou, Le refus de s’assumer: théâtre. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Kouoh, Koyo, et al. Philip Aguirre y Otegui: théâtre source: Ndogpassi. Antwerpen: Ludion, 2015.
• Kum’a N’dumbe, Alexandre. Das Fest der Liebe: die Chance der Jugend: ein Stück in 12 Szenen. Douala: AfricAvenir, 2007.
• Langmia, Kehbuma. The Earth Mother. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa, 2010.
• Langmia, Kehbuma. An Evil Meal of Evil. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research, 2009.
• Langmia, Kehbuma. Titabet and the Takumbeng: A Play. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2008.
• Love, Jimmy. Le dictateur, la princesse et l’opposant: le pouvoir de l’amour et l’amour du pouvoir. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010.
• Mawere, Munyaradzi. Rain Petitioning and Step Child: Plays. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG, 2013.
• Mbala, Bienvenu. Bengoula au cabinet du Ministre: théâtre. Yaounde: Editions Lupeppo, 2011.
• Mbuh, Tennu. Searching for Bate Besong: A Play. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG, 2014.
• Mégahshi, Stéphane de. L’héritage des siècles: le trône du pacte sacré: théâtre. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Migraine-George, Therese. From Dramatic Roles to Political Agencies: The Aesthetics and Politics of African Women's Representations. Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2000.
• Mindja, Essindi. Le mvet: la guerre du fer. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009.
• Minka, Anatole. La fille du ministre: pièce théâtrale en cinq actes. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Mota, Eric-Christian and François Bingono Bingono. Une Afrique entre parenthèses: l’impasse Saint-Bernard: théâtre. Écrire l'Afrique. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010.
• Musinga, Victor Elame and Roselyne M. Jua. The Barn: 3 Plays. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa, 2011.
• Nde-Zama, Mfone. Generation of Destruction. Yaoundé: Nmi Education, 2013.
• Nde-Zama, Mfone. Just Another Woman: A Play. Bamenda, Cameroon: African Educational Press, 2008.
• Ndedi-Penda, Patrice. Les mariages salvateurs: théâtre. Yaoundé: Éditions CLÉ, 2014.
• Ndong Ewane, Jacques Emmanuel. Les dépossédées du 8 mars: théâtre. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010.
• Nemo, Beltram. Duel chez Rosy: tragi-comédie. Paris : L'Harmattan, 2011.
• Ngong, Kelvin Toh. Fointama: A Play. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2013.
• Ngoulou, Josiane. Le soleil de son enfance: théâtre. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Njimele, George. Undeserved Suffering. Douala: Peacock Writers Series, 2011.
• Nkealah, Naomi Epongse. Challenging Hierarchies in Anglophone Cameroon Literature Women, Power and Visions of Change in Bole Butake’s Plays. Ph.D., University of the Witwatersrand, 2010.
• Nkealah, Naomi. "Women’s Contribution to the Development of Anglophone Cameroonian Drama: The Plays of Anne Tanyi-Tang." Research in African Literatures 45, no. 2 (2014): pp. 122-134.
• Nkengasong, John Nkemngong. Black Caps and Red Feathers; And, Ancestral Earth: (Two Plays). Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG, 2010.
• Nkengasong, John Nkemngong. The Call of Blood. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group, 2010.
• Nkengasong, John Nkemngong, ed. Perspectives on Cameroonian Art, Archaeology and Culture: Papers in Honour of Professor Bole Butake. Yaoundé: Éditions CLÉ, 2014.
• Nkili Abou, Albert Thierry. Love That Kills: Piece in Three Acts. Yaoundé, Cameroun: Éditions Tropiques, 2011.
• Nyama, Richard Mbondjo. Les ordures: théâtre. Paris: Edilivre, Éditions APARIS, 2008.
• Nyamndi, George. Tussles: Collected Plays. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa, 2009.
• Nyamnjoh, Francis B. The Convert: A Two-Act Play. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa, 2007.
• Nyamsi, Franklin. Critique de la tragédie kamerunaise. Pensée africaine. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2014.
• Odhiambo, Christopher. "Whose Nation? Romanticizing the Vision of a Nation in Bole Butake's Betrothal without Libation and Family Saga." Research in African Literatures 40, no. 2 (2009): 159-172.
• Onomo Etaba, Roger Bernard. Le tourisme culturel au Cameroun. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009.
• Perkins, Kathy A. African Women Playwrights. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
• Plastow, Jane. Titabet and the Takumbeng. Mankon, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2008.
• Priso, D. Dickens. Toi roi décret: pièce en 2 actes. Yaoundé: Éditions CLÉ, 2014.
• Randall, Laurence. La production littéraire camerounaise: théâtre, roman, cinéma. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2012.
• Samba, Emelda Ngufor. Women in theatre for development in Cameroon: participation, contributions and limitationsi>. Bayreuth African studies 74. Bayreuth, Germany: Bayreuth University, 2005. [Reviewed by Gilbert Doho in Research in African Literatures 39, no. 2 (2008): pp. 166-169.]
• Simone, AbdouMaliq. "Some Reflections on Making Popular Culture in Urban Africa." African Studies Review 51, no. 3 (2008): pp. 75-89.
• Soh, Charles. La chèvre du sous-préfet: pièce de théâtre en quatre actes. Paris: Harmattan, 2012.
• Takem, John Tiku. Theatre and environmental education in Cameroon. Bayreuth African studies 76. Bayreuth: Pia Thielmann and Eckhard Breitinger, 2005. [Reviewed by Gilbert Doho in Research in African Literatures 39, no. 2 (2008): pp. 166-169.]
• Takwi, Mathew. Gaining the game: drama. Bamenda, Cameroon: NAB Ventures, 2010.
• Tamba, Pochi. True Love Waits: A Play. Limbe, Cameroon: Cosmos Educational Press, 2009.
• Tanyi-Tang, Anne. Chief Ayito and other plays: (King Essapa, Chief Ayito and Tu as vu?). Yaounde: Eagle Publishing, 2014.
• Tanyi-Tang, Anne. Three plays. Yaoundé: Eagle Publishing, 2014.
• Tanyi-Tang, Anne. Three plays: The Heiress, The Song of Ayanta, and Obsession. Yaoundé: Africana Publications, 2010.
• Tanyi-Tang, Anne. Theatre production and artistic directing: lessons from Bubbles theatre troupe. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2014.
• Tiku, Takem J. Theatre and Environmental Education in Cameroon. Bayreuth, Germany: Pia Thielmann and Eckhard Breitinger, 2005.
• Zenenga, Praise. Learning Through Performance: Community Theatre as a Tool for Nonformal Education in Postindependence Zimbabwe. Ph.D., Northwestern U., 2005.