Nyamnjoh has conducted considerable study and written extensively about Cameroon, Botswana, and generally African politics. He has taught sociology,
anthropology, and communication studies at universities in Cameroon and Botswana. According to the South African National Research Foundation, he is a professor and researcher with a B1 rating (NRF). He is the chair of the editorial board of Langaa Research and Publishing Center in
Bamenda (2005) and has served as Editorial Board Chair for the South African Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press (2011-2019). This book, which is built on his previous book
Insiders and outsiders: Citizenship and xenophobia in contemporary Southern Africa (2005)
, is - according to Nyamnjoh - a book on citizenship, rights, and entitlements in
post-apartheid South Africa demonstrates how racism and its advantages still exist and that the field has not been levelled as some have assumed. It examines the issue of race in a culture still troubled by the lingering effects of apartheid, inequality, and attitudes of inferiority and inadequacy among the majority black population via the regular interactions and experiences of university students and lecturers where due to the ongoing renewal and addition of circles of privilege to a complex and long history of the growth of black sorrow, black voices and concerns in education are usually ignored. These problems are discussed against the backdrop of organised student protests that are roiling the nation's campuses and calling for change under the banner of "
Black Lives Matter," as it examine the concerns that
Rhodes Must Fall campaign raises regarding the benefits and drawbacks of exclusionary definitions of belonging due to its multifaceted complexity. From Nyamnjoh perspective: what might the modern "quick-footed
makwerekwere" from Africa north of the
Limpopo possibly have in common with the big imperialist of the past like the stripling
Uitlander or foreigner Sir
Cecil John Rhodes? According to Nyamnjoh, the solution lies in how human movement constantly pushes the limits of citizenship. == Awards and honours ==