Syprien Christian Zogo

I am a historian and Assistant Researcher at Université Laval in Canada, where I am completing my PhD on political authority, material culture, and historical memory in Cameroon. My work explores the Bamum Kingdom, colonial governance, and the ways power and legitimacy are expressed through institutions, objects, and historical narratives.

I am also developing research on the Atlantic dimensions of Cameroon’s past, especially the slave-trade site of Bimbia and its connections to diaspora memory. More broadly, I am interested in African state formation, heritage politics, and the global entanglements of African societies. My research combines archival work, material culture analysis, and interdisciplinary approaches to history.

Recent Publications
Zogo, Syprien Christian. “Clothing and the Culture of Appearances: Class, Gender, and Identity in the Bamum Kingdom.” Journal of African History (forthcoming).
Zogo, Syprien Christian. “Atlantic Archives and the Making of African Diasporic Memory.” History in Africa (forthcoming / under review).
Zogo, Syprien Christian. “African Coastal Knowledge and the Textual Cultures of Abolition.” Slavery & Abolition (forthcoming / under review).
Zogo, Syprien Christian. “Archival Afterlives: Atlantic Records and the Making of African Diasporic Memory.” Journal of African Cultural Studies (revise & resubmit).

Book Chapters
Zogo, Syprien Christian. “The Judiciary System and the Interpretation of Law under President Biya’s Regime.” In Power and Politics in Cameroon under Paul Biya (forthcoming).