Who we are
Cameroonian Association of Psycholinguistics and Clinical Linguistics
- Registered17 July 2026
- OfficeDouala, Cameroun
- Executive board8 members
From a meeting of fifteen researchers to a registered association
On 29 January 2025, fifteen people met at the home of Mr Rodolphe Prosper Maah to adopt the statutes and internal rules of an association intended to bring together researchers — students and lecturers alike — specialising in psycholinguistics, language acquisition, neurolinguistics, clinical linguistics and cognitive linguistics.
The observation that brought them together is simple and severe: speech therapy is virtually non-existent in Cameroon, and to date there is no standardised assessment test in any Cameroonian language. Most assessments are conducted with tools designed in French or English, which capture neither the linguistic nor the cultural specificities of patients.
On 17 July 2026, the Prefect of the Wouri Division issued declaration receipt N° 1004/2026/RDA/C19/SASC, granting CAPSYC legal personality.
What the statutes commit us to
Article 4 of the statutes.
Raise awareness
Raise public awareness of the existence and impact of language disorders.
Research
Promote scientific research on language acquisition, language processing and language disorders.
Build tools
Design assessment tools for language disorders.
Rehabilitate
Promote rehabilitation strategies adapted to the Cameroonian context.
Health rights
Make health access rights widely known.
The fields we cover
From phonology to speech pathology, by way of the neurobiology of language.
- Phonology
- Neurobiology of language
- Semantics
- Lexicon
- Syntax
- Language pathology
- Cognitive processes
- Speech pathology
Three statutory bodies
Articles 8 to 15 of the statutes.
The General Assembly
Sovereign, it gathers all CAPSYC members. It meets twice a year in ordinary session, in early March and early November: adoption of the past semester's activity report, monitoring of the directorates, adoption of the coming semester's programme and budget, and elections to the executive board where applicable.
The Executive Board
Nine members elected by list ballot for a renewable two-year term, accountable to the General Assembly. It handles general administration, coordinates activities through monthly sessions, oversees regional branches and forwards reports to partners.
Founders and Directorates
The third statutory body of CAPSYC. Monthly monitoring sessions are held independently at central level and at branch level, assessing delivery of the activity programme adopted at the start of the year.
Members named in the declaration receipt
Renewable two-year term, elected by list ballot at the General Assembly.
PresidentKIPPE KONZOUN Line Germaine
Student
Université de Douala
Vice-PresidentPr EDZOUGOU AFANDA Honoré Blaise
University professor
Université de Yaoundé 1
Secretary GeneralROUGAYATOU Abou-Bak-Ri
Teacher
Université de Yaoundé 1
TreasurerKON YEBGA Angèle Nancy
Student
Université de Douala
The other board members
Deputy Secretary General
DJEMANI TCHOUAMANI Joëlle Paméla
Cognitive psychologist — Université de Douala
Auditor
NGO NDOUGA Ginette Fleur
Student — Université de Douala
Communications Officer
NGO BISSAY NKA Perpétue
Student — Université de Yaoundé
Censor
NGASSAM Claude Carine
Clinical linguist — Université de Yaoundé 1
When language disorders reach the airwaves
Raising public awareness of the existence and impact of language disorders is the first objective written into our statutes.
Broadcast on · 53 minutes
Watch on YouTubeThe programme
The Rendez-Vous
STV Cameroon
STV Cameroon's health programme devoted its 28 March 2023 edition to autism and its management in Cameroon — a field that bears directly on language disorders and their assessment.
Become a CAPSYC member
To this day there is no standardised assessment test in any Cameroonian language. That is the work we are undertaking.