Join Northwestern University's Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications for a conversation with Cameroonian journalist and author Haman Mana, Visiting Scholar at the Buffett Institute and Medill.
In discussion with Richard Joseph, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Mana will discuss his book, Biya's Regime: Chronicles of the Shipwreck of the Cameroonian Nation, an account of Cameroon's descent into authoritarianism under one of the world's longest-serving heads of state. Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor in Cameroon, Mana will examine the country’s deepening political crisis, marked by systemic corruption, tribalism, violence and repression. This conversation will explore the broader implications for press freedom, civil society and democracy in Cameroon and across the world.
Lunch will begin at 12:15 p.m.
Speaker
Haman Mana is a Cameroonian journalist and author. He has spent his time as a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern continuing to run Le Jour, one of Cameroon’s largest daily newspapers, and working on his new book about Cameroon’s slide toward authoritarian rule, from which he was forced to flee following the paper’s investigation of corruption and influence peddling by a powerful media mogul.
Discussant
Richard Joseph, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University, has devoted his scholarly career to studying politics and governance in Africa with a special focus on democratic transitions, state building and state collapse, and conflict resolution. He directed the African Governance Program at the Carter Center (1988–1994) and coordinated elections missions in Zambia (1991), Ghana (1992) and peace initiatives in Liberia (1991–1994).
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