The funeral journey home of the erstwhile Director of the Higher Teachers Training College, HTTC
Bambili of the University of Bamenda, Prof Bame Nsamenang is underway. The academic colossus received academic honours earlier Friday at the Campus of the University of Bamenda. according to family sources he died in the evening of February 14, 2018 after a brief illness. The seasoned psychologist, counsellor and researcher will be laid to rest on Saturday March 3 in his land birth Kitiwum Nso in Bui Division.
The Man Prof Bame Nsamenang
Culled from The Focus online
The Man Prof Bame Nsamenang
Culled from The Focus online
Apart from his administrative and
academic commitments at the University of Bamenda, Prof. Bame before his
retirement was a visiting professor to the University of Buea and the
Bamenda University of Science and Technology (BUST) and an Adjunct
Professor of Early Childhood Development (ECD) with the University of
Victoria, BC, Canada.
The renowned professor of psychology and
counseling was a leading African developmental scientist and
psychologist who was well connected to global scientific and
professional networks. He strived to garner opportunities for Africa’s
emerging scholars and strategized to bring Africa’s developmental and
educative knowledge and practices into Western-dominated scientific
discourses and literature.
He was the founding director of a research and service facility, the Human Development Resource Centre (www.thehdrc.org),
which hosts an Africa-centric international initiative for research and
publishing of literature and educative tools that are sensitive to
African child development and teacher education.
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| Prof Bame remains at Academic Honours event in Uba Photo credit Nestor Njodzefe |
Prof Bame Nsamenang won the inaugural
international fellow (2008) of the Society for Research on Adolescence
for his research and work with African youth and theory development in
adolescent research. His research and practice sought to understand and
improve the circumstances of Africa’s future generations – children and
youth. He has published very influential works in developmental and
educative sciences.
He was on the Consultative Board of the International Journal of Psychology, the Journal of Psychology (2006-2010), and was on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Behavioral Development (1998-2002), Human Development (1998-2002), Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (1994-2005) and Journal of Psychology in Africa (1993-2006).
He was also Ad Hoc Adviser to the EC of
the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
(ISSBD) and served on the Board of Directors of the International
Association of Applied Psychology (1998-2006).
Prof. Bame was Fellow of the Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2002-2003), a Fogarty Fellow
of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (1987-1990) and a Nehru Chair
Visiting Professor at Baroda University, India (2001). In May 2007 Prof.
Bame received from The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International the
prestigious “Paul Harris Fellow in appreciation of tangible and
significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding
and friendly relations among peoples of the world.”
Over the years, Bame made valuable
contributions to UNICEF, UNESCO and WHO as consultant and in
commissioned work, at both national and global platforms.