> History, statutes, governance and executive board of CAPSYC, registered in Douala under declaration receipt No. 1004/2026/RDA/C19/SASC. - [Home](https://capsyc.cm/en) - The association The association # Who we are Cameroonian Association of Psycholinguistics and Clinical Linguistics - Registered 17 July 2026 - Office Douala, Cameroun - Executive board 8 members Our story ## 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. Key facts Name Cameroonian Association of Psycholinguistics and Clinical Linguistics Acronym CAPSYC Registered office Douala, Cameroun Constitutive assembly 29 January 2025 Receipt N° 1004/2026/RDA/C19/SASC Issued on 17 July 2026 Legal regime Law No. 90/053 of 19 December 1990 on freedom of association Our objectives ## What the statutes commit us to Article 4 of the statutes. 01 ### Raise awareness Raise public awareness of the existence and impact of language disorders. 02 ### Research Promote scientific research on language acquisition, language processing and language disorders. 03 ### Build tools Design assessment tools for language disorders. 04 ### Rehabilitate Promote rehabilitation strategies adapted to the Cameroonian context. 05 ### Health rights Make health access rights widely known. Fields of study ## 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 Governance ## Three statutory bodies Articles 8 to 15 of the statutes. ![Head table during the CAPSYC 1 conference](https://capsyc.cm/photos/colloque-2023-table-honneur.jpg) ### 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. Executive board ## Members named in the declaration receipt Renewable two-year term, elected by list ballot at the General Assembly. ![KIPPE KONZOUN Line Germaine, president of CAPSYC](https://capsyc.cm/photos/bureau-kippe-konzoun.jpg) President KIPPE KONZOUN Line Germaine Student Université de Douala ![Pr EDZOUGOU AFANDA Honoré Blaise, vice-president of CAPSYC](https://capsyc.cm/photos/bureau-edzougou-afanda.jpg) Vice-President Pr EDZOUGOU AFANDA Honoré Blaise University professor Université de Yaoundé 1 ![ROUGAYATOU Abou-Bak-Ri, secretary general of CAPSYC](https://capsyc.cm/photos/bureau-rougayatou.jpg) Secretary General ROUGAYATOU Abou-Bak-Ri Teacher Université de Yaoundé 1 ![KON YEBGA Angèle Nancy, treasurer of CAPSYC](https://capsyc.cm/photos/bureau-kon-yebga.jpg) Treasurer KON YEBGA Angèle Nancy Student Université de Douala ### The other board members DT Deputy Secretary General DJEMANI TCHOUAMANI Joëlle Paméla Cognitive psychologist — Université de Douala NN Auditor NGO NDOUGA Ginette Fleur Student — Université de Douala NB Communications Officer NGO BISSAY NKA Perpétue Student — Université de Yaoundé NC Censor NGASSAM Claude Carine Clinical linguist — Université de Yaoundé 1 In the media ## 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 28 March 2023 · 53 minutes [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p5OZLRzyTc) The 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. [Become a member](https://capsyc.cm/en/adhesion) [Contact us](https://capsyc.cm/en/contact) --- Source : https://capsyc.cm/en/association Langue : en