How Social Media Influencers Post generate Hateful Expressions

Introduction According to a United Nations expert “Hate speech online is one of today’s most acute challenges to human dignity and life” (OHCHR, 2020). Hate speech which is defined by the European Union law as the public incitement to violence or hatred based on certain characteristics, including colour, religion, descent, and national or ethnic origin […]

SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTH TO YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE NORTH WEST REGION

 INTRODUCTION Social media is revolutionizing youth-led civic engagement which has gained quite a lot of momentum lately. This virtual space is instrumentalized by some youths to shape the contemporary public sphere and influence concrete change. This is depicted by the actualization of several communal-based projects engineered and fostered by Youths in their local communities and […]

Web Influencers at the Qatar World Cup: FECAFOOT’s choice revives the feeling of marginalization in the Anglophone community online.

By VictoryMarshal Ayafor Basang, fellow cohort 7 #AFFCameroon INTRODUCTION  Wikipedia.org defines a web influencer as an internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or simply influencer) who has acquired or developed their fame, a huge fan base and notability through the Internet or social media. In our contemporary […]

PASSENGERS HEAVE SIGHS OF RELIEF AS MATAZEM CHECKPOINTS SHIFTED.

By Gilla Everdine in Bamenda Contrary to news reports online on the removal of a checkpoint in Matazem, gateway to the North West Region, findings show that the checkpoint has not been removed as indicated in the various reports but has been shifted to Babadjou. Fact finding from Nde Daniel a Police Officer at the […]

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY SECESSIONISTS TO REINFORCE GHOST TOWNS AND LOCKDOWN.

By Gilla Everdine in Bamenda INTRODUCTION  The start of the Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon on the 21st of November 2016 was set in motion when Lawyers and teachers took to the streets of Buea and Bamenda to protest the domination of the French language in the Anglophone […]

The Role of Social Media in Fostering Opportunities for Youth during Crisis

By Amboh Vennessa Nche Cohort 7#AFFCameroon Introduction The English speaking regions of Cameroon have experienced various ordeals since October 2016, when protests and strikes related to sectorial demands escalated into a crisis over the economic and political marginalization of the Cameroon Anglophone minority who mostly reside in the North West and South West Regions.  Since […]

PEACE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES USING SOCIAL MEDIA FROM SEPT. 19- AUG. 25 2022 IN BAMENDA

BY. PETIUH FREDERICK TANDAH, Cohort 7 #AFFCameroon Many youths in the northwest region of Cameroon have engaged themselves in using their social media platforms to promote peace within the context of the anglophone crisis. They have understood that, the very social media used by others to perpetrate violence and fuel the crisis, they can still […]

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