Aloysius Nyuymengka Ngalim is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Buea, Cameroon, and a visiting Professor at the Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) of the African Union. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. Ngalim’s research interests focus broadly on agricultural, environmental, and development history, natural resources, conflict, and mediation in the third world. He is a member of scholarly consortiums such as the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the African Network of Environmental Humanities (ANEH), and the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). He also does consultation work with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on transboundary natural resources disputes in Africa and has published scholarly papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals.