Nalova Lyonga, a household name in Cameroon's educational cycles and university lecturer is the new Vice Chancellor of the 20-year-old University of Buea (UB). She replaces Professor Vincent Titanji. Until last weekend, Dr. Nalova was Deputy Vice Chancellor of UB in charge of Teaching, Professionalisation and Development of Information and Communication Technologies. She is the fourth Vice Chancellor of the institution and second female after Dr. Dorothy Njeuma.

The middle aged woman is holder of a PhD in Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). She returned home and began an unbroken teaching career in the Cameroon University system since 1985 at the then University of Yaounde where she had earlier earned a Bachelor's Degree in Modern Letters before leaving for a Master's (MA) at Sheffield University (UK).

In addition to her eloquence in public speech-making especially in amphitheatres, Nalova Lyonga has penned many journal articles and books on African literature and feminist theories. They include the famous Socrates In Cameroon.

Nalova believes in dialogue, justice and transparency as therapy for most social problems. "This is not an appointment that I expected; coming even at this time. UB needs to be one of the best in the 21st century," was her reaction following the appointment.