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This conference, organized in honour of Emeritus Professors, Paul Mbangwana and Kashim Ibrahim Tala, brought together university professors and researchers of English and literature in Cameroon around the world.
The presentation, titled “The Politics of Doing the Collaborative” focused on the importance of collaborative basic life discoveries that cannot be understated, and the myriad of difficulties faced by those who fight the barriers of restricted and polarized life.
What are the rich possibilities and discoveries that can be achieved by doing collaborative and living an interdependent life? What are some inherent political barriers in collaborative life network? How can an ethical interconnected network process become institutionalized politically? How do institutional political interests trump these new discoveries?
In this presentation, Dr. Afuh offered succinct answers to these questions and pose further ones for critical thought.
“A longitudinal consciously designed life can substantially strengthen a community project because it renders the possibility to view and understand changes or processes over time. And longitudinal design focuses on designing and solving challenges in relation to racism, tribalism, xenophobes and other forms of discrimination,” he said.
Using phenomenology, which he insisted is appropriate methodology when studying lived experience, he concluded that self-reflection is a critical component of good life, but for this fulfilment to be achieved the subject should bracket their bias and assumptions.
While this is an ongoing long-term project, Dr. Afuh explained that he and other colleagues of both literature and English language specialization will begin working on a book project to realize it. He hoped that the final project will help answer questions raised by patterns of life conditioned by new technologies. Having the answers to these worries, he believes, will help design new patterns and modify existing ones.
