Jacques-Philippe Tsala Tsala’s research while affiliated with Catholic University of Central Africa and other places

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Violences faites aux épouses et angoisse masculine chez les époux camerounais
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September 2009

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Le Divan familial

Jacques-Philippe Tsala Tsala

Violence to wives and male anxieties in Cameroonian husbands From official report on the frequency of violence to women in Cameroon, the author examines this issue from the mother-child relationship’s point of view in traditional societies. He underlines that this violence rests on cultural stereotypes, attested by storytelling, where the concept of « marital mothering » holds a major place. The ambivalence of the female figure in the male fantasies would lead the man to dominate and control the woman to avert his own dead. The traditional repression of female sexuality through the excision ritualizes already the control of women’s omnipotence which is potentially life-threatening the human being they produced. In this context, male violence could be the symptom of a narcissistic frailty.


[The lift and the stairs--the fight against AIDS in Cameroon]

December 2004

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SAHARA J: journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance / SAHARA , Human Sciences Research Council

HIV/AIDS infection has spread like wildfire in the countries of sub-saharan Africa. In order to fight that pandemic, Cameroon has organised itself by setting up, with the assistance of bilateral and multilateral partners, a national structure with the aim to reduce the spread of the disease. Two years after the launch of the National Plan for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, an advocacy campaign targetting social leaders made it possible to assess the difficulties encountered by such an entity in a social and cultural environment as complex as that of Cameroon. The paper presents the initiatives taken by the government and analyses the major specific obstacles which are met on the ground. They include beliefs, social structures, gender issues, the status of women and the social representations of sexuality. If consensus and compromise are the usual ways of solving the problems raised at the national level, the analysis stresses the need for a more courageous political will adapted to the urgency of the prevailing situation.


L'ascenseur et l'escalier — la lutte contre le SIDA au Cameroun
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November 2004

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SAHARA J: journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance / SAHARA , Human Sciences Research Council

HIV/AIDS infection has spread like wildfire in the countries of sub-saharan Africa. In order to fight that pandemic, Cameroon has organised itself by setting up, with the assistance of bilateral and multilateral partners, a national structure with the aim to reduce the spread of the disease. Two years after the launch of the National Plan for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, an advocacy campaign targetting social leaders made it possible to assess the difficulties encountered by such an entity in a social and cultural environment as complex as that of Cameroon. The paper presents the initiatives taken by the government and analyses the major specific obstacles which are met on the ground. They include beliefs, social structures, gender issues, the status of women and the social representations of sexuality. If consensus and compromise are the usual ways of solving the problems raised at the national level, the analysis stresses the need for a more courageous political will adapted to the urgency of the prevailing situation.

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Fonctions parentales et recomposition familiale

October 2004

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Le Divan familial

Résumé À l’instar de la société, la famille africaine cherche son identité entre les valeurs traditionnelles qui lui ont assuré une certaine stabilité et les valeurs de la modernité qui la contraignent à se réorganiser. Autrefois pratique courante et traditionnelle, la famille dite recomposée pose aujourd’hui des problèmes nouveaux. L’article fait une analyse clinique d’un cas de recomposition familiale en milieu camerounais. Il montre combien les individus et leurs familles sont devenus fragiles dès lors que l’étayage groupal a disparu. Il indique aussi des pistes pour une thérapie familiale adaptée à ce type de situation spécifique.

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... Essentially, research indicates that the majority of women at risk of experiencing domestic violence and its effects are found in Asia and Africa [60]. In Africa, particularly, it is sometimes considered as a means of resolving conflicts and educating the partner [55]. It is often perpetrated in the presence of children; hence the fact that it can impact them, in particular by hindering their socio-emotional, moral and cognitive development [34]. ...

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Domestic Violence Experienced by Women: Construction and Validation of a Measurement Method
Violences faites aux épouses et angoisse masculine chez les époux camerounais
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  • September 2009

Le Divan familial

... L'irruption de l'épidémie de l'infection à VIH/SIDA au milieu des années 1980 s'est accompagnée de la mise en oeuvre des campagnes de prévention de cette infection au Cameroun dès 1987 mais jusqu'en 2000 les résultats étaient plutôt négatifs. En effet, dans les programmes nationaux de lutte contre le VIH/SIDA mis en place au cours de la période 1985-2000, la plupart des recherches et des actions ont porté sur les étudiants et les prostituées puisqu'ils étaient formellement identifiés comme groupes « à risque » (Tsala Tsala, 2004). Les adolescents et jeunes se sentaient alors à l'époque non concernés par le VIH/SIDA. ...

L'ascenseur et l'escalier — la lutte contre le SIDA au Cameroun

SAHARA J: journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance / SAHARA , Human Sciences Research Council

... The many costs associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic are lives lost; suffering of families; extreme social, economic and emotional burdens on caregivers and orphans left behind; loss of productivity and food security; and the staggering costs and overwhelming demands on health systems. One of the most critical effects is that it robs the family of their only "social security" system, that is, productive members are taken out of the equation when they become ill and die, leaving children and the elderly to fend for themselves (Tsala, 2004;Van & Meekers, 2011). The traditional family institution, with its notions of intergenerational commitments, used to care for all family members, including older people. ...

[The lift and the stairs--the fight against AIDS in Cameroon]
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  • December 2004

SAHARA J: journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance / SAHARA , Human Sciences Research Council