''Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review'' ( fr: ''Abbia: Revue Culturelle Camerounaise'') was an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering the

culture of Cameroon Cameroon has a rich and diverse culture made up of a mix of about 250 indigenous populations and just as many languages and customs. The country is nicknamed "Little Africa" as geographically, Cameroon consists of coastline, mountains, grass pla ...

. It was established by

Bernard Fonlon Bernard Nsokika Fonlon (19 November 1924 – 27 August 1986) was a Demographics of Cameroon, Cameroonian politician and educationist who worked on the development of bilingualism in Cameroon. Early life and education Bernard was born on 19 ...

and Marcien Towa in 1962 and ran until 1982. Its influence was discussed by Milton Krieger in 1996 and 2014 as well as the contributors to Fonlon's Festschrift 1989. The journal exemplified Fonlon's beliefs about the importance of French-English bilingualism (see his article in Abbia V 4 1963 'A case for early bilingualism'). The full text of Abbia is available on th
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African studies journals Cultural journals Culture of Cameroon Academic journals established in 1962 1962 establishments in Cameroon Defunct academic journals published in Africa Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa academic journals {{Cameroon-stub