Dr. Primus Tazanu is a trained social anthropologist, having obtained a PhD from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and an MA from the University of Aalborg, Denmark. Throughout his career, Dr. Primus has made consistent and valuable contributions to the field of social anthropology, evidenced by his production of highquality peer-reviewed publications. As a curious and passionate scholar, he delves into the depths of everyday social events and societal phenomena, continuously uncovering new insights. Dr. Primus Tazanu's dedication to excellence goes beyond his academic pursuits, as he also excels in organizational skills, ensuring the prompt and efficient completion of his tasks. Furthermore, he takes pride in providing his valuable expertise at an affordable fee, demonstrating a strong commitment to accessibility and inclusivity. In conclusion, Dr. Primus Tazanu's remarkable academic background, inquisitive nature, organizational acumen, and considerate pricing make him a highly respected and sought-after expert in the realm of country-of-origin information.
I have conducted extensive research on Ghana and in my writings on social change, I have drawn examples from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, Burundi, Gabon, Togo, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Rwanda. As researcher and anthropologist, I have extensive knowledge on the country conditions of these nations.
Worked at the Advocacy and Campaigns unit of an NGO in Ghana where we campaigned against the privatization of urban water and other utilities. I have contributed to expert reports on privatization, the private and the public sector as well as the informal urban economy, unemployment, destitution, insecurity and violence, etc.
2023: On Decolonizing Anthropology: Postcolonial Theorizing and Collaborative Methodologies. In Lücking, Mirjam; Meiser, Anna & Rohrer, Ingo (eds.)
2022: In Tandem - Pathways towards a Postcolonial Anthropology/Im Tandem – Wege zu einer postkolonialen Ethnologie. Wiesbaden: Springer (forthcoming).
2021: SMS can Never Replace WhatsApp: Internet disruption, Social Media and Reflections on Connectivity/Sociality in Buea, Cameroon, Nordic Journal of Africa Studies vol 30, Nr 4. P 1-17.
2021: Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. In Nkwi, Walters (ed) Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music, Bamenda: Langaa Publishers. p. 79-108.
2019: Racial Undertones on Violence and Human Bodies: White Migrants' Online Epistemologies of Insecurity and Discomfort in Post-Apartheid South Africa. International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, 2(2), 6-21.
2018, Communication Technologies and Legitimate Consumption: Making Sense of Health Care Remittances in Cameroonian Transnational Relationships, Africa 88 (2): 385–403 (doi:10.1017/S0001972017000961).
2018, Of Polluted Spirits and Compromised Identity: Pentecostal Depictions of Causality and the Repositioning of Human Agency in Cameroon, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 53 (6): 970-983 (/doi/abs/10.1177/0021909618762520).
2018, Review of Elisabetta Costa’s Social Media in Southeast Turkey: Love, Kinship and Politics, New Media and Society 20 (6): 2230–2232 (doi.org/10.1177/1461444818764422c).
2017, Closeness, Distance and Disappearances in Cameroonian Mediated Transnational Social Ties: Uses of Mobile Phones and Narratives of Transformed Identities, Journal of African Media Studies 9 (1): 77–90 (doi: 10.1386/jams.9.1.77_1).
2016, Practices and Narratives of Breakthrough: Pentecostal Representations, the Quest for Success and Liberation from Bondage, Journal of Religion in Africa 46 (1):32-66. (doi 10.1163/15700666-12340063).
2015, On the Liveness of Mobile Phone Mediation: Youth Expectations of Remittances and Narratives of Discontent in the Cameroonian Transnational Family, Mobile Media and Communication 3(1), 20 –35. (doi: 10.1177/2050157914545801)
2015, New Media and Expectations of Social Closeness: the Mobile Phone and Narratives of "throwing people away" in Cameroonian Transnational Social Relationships, Modern Africa: Politics, History, and Society 3 (2): 101-126.
2015, Africa’s Power Elite Castigated: A Critical Review of A Nose for Money (Book review), The Journal of Pan African Studies 8 (1), 88-92. 2012, Being Available and Reachable: New Media and Cameroonian Transnational Sociality. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG Publishers.
2012, They behave as though they want to bring heaven down: Some Narratives on the Visibility of Cameroonian Migrant Youths in Cameroon Urban Space. In Hans Peter Hahn and Kristin Kastner (eds) Urban Life-worlds in Motions: African Perspectives, Bielefeld: Transcript. Pp 101-129. (https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839420225.101)
2010, Border Transgression and the Reordering of Social Relations: The Case of Cameroonian Migrants in Germany. Freiburger universitätsblätter Heft 188. Pp 81- 92.
2004, The World Trade Organisation Agreements on Agriculture and the Agricultural Sector in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA): Case Study of Cameroon. Aalborg Universitet Bibliotek (MA Thesis).
2003, Empowering and Advocating for the Poor by Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Ghana. Aalborg Universitet. Aalborg Universitet Bibliotek (internship report).
Selected (recent) non-academic publications
2021, Afrikanerne har gode grunde til at være skeptiske over for Vestens vacciner (Africans have good Reasons to be sceptical of Western Vaccines) (Information, https://www.information.dk/debat/2021/11/afrikanerne-gode-grunde-vaere-…)
2021, COVID-19 Vaccine, Christian Right End-time Prophecy, and Conspiracy Theory (Pan African Visions, https://panafricanvisions.com/2021/04/covid-19- vaccine-christian-right-end-time-prophecy-and-conspiracy-theory/)
2020, Authenticity, Violence, and the Spirit of Elimination in Francis Nyamnjoh’s #RhodesMustFall: Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South Africa (https://panafricanvisions.com/2020/12/book-reviewauthenticity-violence-…)
2019, What Data means for Cameroonians — 2019 Affordability Report Cameroon impact story (https://a4ai.org/what-data-means-for-cameroonians-2019-affordabilityrep…- story/)