Pr Hamadou Adama: The historian who wrote this
This specialist Civilization Arab-Muslim worlds has access the most prestigious degrees, full professor at universities.
The University of Ngaoundere has just added a senior teacher to grade the most prestigious. Professor Hamadou Adama was knighted last Friday in the academic tradition by his elder Professor Robert Njouenkeu during the presentation ceremony of greeting to the Rector of the University of Ngaoundere. But for this native of Maroua July 4, 1963, "is certainly the culmination and reward of long years of hard work, but it's also now a major inquiry for me in terms of supervision of young colleagues, term contributions Academic and research. Anyway I have more to give the best of myself, "he said modestly.
A consecration which also sounds like the result of fate since the child already Hamadou Pr Adama dreamed of being a teacher. The adventure begins in 1985; After obtaining his degree, he won a scholarship "training of trainers called Cameroon government." This led him to France, specifically at the University of Bordeaux 3, where he received his academic training culminating in 1993 with a Ph.D. new regime and a thesis entitled "Birth and Evolution of Education Franco-Arab in Cameroon. "income to the fold in 1994, he was recruited as temporary in the History Department at the University of Yaounde 1. In October 1995 he was hired at the University of Douala, where it will be as assistant to also responsible for the history department before joining the university of Ngaoundere in 1997 as Vice Dean of Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
This date also marks the beginning of an administrative career that will sanctioned post of Secretary General of the University of Ngaoundere from 1998 to 2006, a record for longevity. It also replaces in this position Professor Amvam Zollo, the current Rector of that institution. Is that this university and his colleagues say shy by nature, the author of numerous publications including the book "Islam in Cameroon: between tradition and modernity" published by the harmattan Paris in 2005, impressed by the immensity his academic work. What he has also won numerous academic honors international notament the prestigious award for scientific excellence of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) in 2006 for research in the field of Arabic manuscripts in Mali. The triumph still modest, Professor Hamadou Adama wants at of the fiftieth anniversary of the State of Cameroon, contributing to revisit the history of this country as set by national sources. "I wanted to bring another perspective on the history of Cameroon. As to settle with this design that presents the history of our country from European sources including German and French. But the Cameroonian people, ESPECIALLY those in northern regions , have their version of this story based on manuscript sources and Arab Ajani "he explains.
Perhaps the guerrillas of yesterday will soon be officially recognized heroes of the independence of Cameroon. Perspective thoroughly delighted that this historian of 47 years "for me the speech of the Head of State on December 31 last I take comfort in that hope. Since this was the first time a Cameroonian President acknowledge that Cameroon have fought for independence of this country sometimes risking their lives. In other words, those who were designated as the guerrillas are actually national heroes. " Moreover, in view of the authentication of the history of Cameroon, Dr. Hamadou Adama leads a project at the moment with his students at Masters and PhD on the history of history books in Cameroon as central issue, "the history books tell us they really the true history of our country? ".
Yanick YEMGAS
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