Dr. Mackeus Nguni | Scholar of African Literature

Academic Profile

About Dr. Nguni

Dr. Mackeus Nguni holds a PhD in African Literature from the University of Buea. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Bilingual Letters at the Higher Teacher Training College, University of Bertoua, Cameroon.

His research and teaching bridge literary scholarship, environmental humanities, cultural studies, and language education. His academic journey is shaped by a sustained interest in African literary traditions, cultural identity, indigenous knowledge systems, and the relationship between human beings and their natural environment.

He approaches his career through two interconnected responsibilities: the production of knowledge through research, and the transmission of knowledge through university teaching.

Specialisation

Theoretical Orientation

Dr. Nguni's principal area of specialisation is African Literature, with particular interest in the intersections of literature, culture, spirituality, and the environment. His research draws primarily on Ecocriticism and Ethnocriticism.

A significant part of his research examines how African writers represent nature beyond its physical and economic dimensions, as a space of cultural memory, spiritual significance, and ancestral relationships.

Through Ecocriticism, he examines representations of nature and ecological destruction. Through Ethnocriticism, he investigates how myths, rituals, and indigenous beliefs inform literary representations of ecological ethics.

Selected Works