and the personification of an Afropolitan voice." Global Arts and Politics Alliance (GAPA) observed that Nsah Mala "reminds despots that they are a minority and they thrive on using the masses to gain popularity and benefit from power". In 2016, Nsah Mala's short story "Christmas Disappointment" was one of the ten winners of a competition organised by the Cameroonian Ministry of Arts and Culture. In December 2016, his short story "Fanta from America" received a special mention in a competition organised by Bakwa Magazine in Cameroon. His French poem "Servants de l'État" received a "mention spéciale du concours littéraire Malraux" (France) in December 2017. He attended the Caine Prize Writers' Workshop in Gisenyi, Rwanda, in March 2018. In summer 2020, POW! Kids Books acquired world rights (excluding Africa) to Nsah Mala's North American debut picture book entitled What the Moon Cooks to be published in spring 2021. Publications Poetry collections (fr) Les Pleurs du mal, 2019, (en) Constimocrazy: Malafricanising Democracy, 2017, (en) If You Must Fall Bush, 2016, (en) Bites of Insanity, 2015, (en) Chaining Freedom, 2012, Children's books (en) Andolo: the Talented Albino, 2020, (fr) Andolo: l'albinos talentueux, 2020, (fr) Le petit Gabriel commence à lire, 2020, (en) Little Gabriel Starts to Read, 2020, ISBN 978-1-942876-71-7 Edited books (co-edited with Mbizo Chirasha) Corpses of Unity – Cadavres de l'unité, 2020, (co-edited with Tendai Rinos Mwanaka) Best New African Poets 2019 Anthology, 2020, (co-edited with Tendai Rinos Mwanaka) Best New African Poets 2018 Anthology, 2018, Short fiction "Departure," Redemption Song and Other Stories, Caine Prize Anthology, 2018, "America at Midnight," Kalahari Review, 2017 "Stubborn Miniskirt," PAROUSIA Magazine, 2017 Essays "Literature from the Congo Basin offers ways to address the climate crisis," The Conversation, 2022. "The virality of letters: the Covid-19 literary archive keeps growing," Corona Times, 2020. "Alleged corruption in academic appointments highlights Cameroon's PhD glut," Times Higher Education, 2020. "Comment expliquer la timide mobilisation de la jeunesse africaine pour le climat ?" The Conversation, 2019. Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters Nsah, Kenneth Toah. 2021. "The Ecopolitics of Water Pollution and Disorderly Urbanization in Congo-Basin Plays." Orbis Litterarum. Nsah, Kenneth Toah. 2021. "The Return of Bush Fallers: Cameroon Anglophone Fiction Responds to Clandestine Immigration." Postcolonial Text, vol. 16 no. 1, pp. 1–24. Nsah, Kenneth Toah. 2020. "Of Dogs, Horses and Buffalos in Cameroon: Companion Animals in Cameroonian Fiction." In Reading Cats and Dogs: Companion Animals in World Literature, eds. F.