NGUNI MACKEUS

Academic Biography

I am a Cameroonian scholar of African Literature and Lecturer in English Language at the Department of Bilingual Letters, Higher Teacher Training College, University of Bertoua. I hold a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in African Literature from the University of Buea.

My academic work bridges literary scholarship, environmental humanities, and cultural studies, with a specific focus on how indigenous knowledge systems and ancestral spirituality shape African ecological consciousness. I approach my career through two core responsibilities: the production of knowledge through research, and the transmission of knowledge through university teaching.

Research Interests

• African Literature and Literary Criticism
• Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities
• Ethnocriticism and Indigenous Cultural Knowledge
• African Spirituality and Ancestral Belief Systems
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ecological Ethics
• Postcolonial Literary Studies

Theoretical Orientation: My research draws primarily on Ecocriticism and Ethnocriticism. By combining these approaches, my work investigates both the physical environment represented in African texts and the indigenous cultural systems—such as myths, rituals, and ancestral traditions—through which that environment acquires spiritual and cultural meaning.

Selected Publications

Teaching Experience

Assistant Lecturer, University of Bertoua (2026–Present)

Courses: English Proficiency, Rhetorics, Topical Discussions of Literary Texts, Teaching Methods, The Sentence and the Paragraph, Discourse Analysis, and English for Specific Purposes (Science & Literature).

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Buea (2020–2025)

Courses: Survey of African Literature, Cameroon Literature of English Expression, Literary Theory and Criticism.