From her participation in the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris to the campaign “31 Voices for African Feminisms,” and a feature in Afrikher Magazine, the young Cameroonian sees her voice circulate in African and international spaces.
Literature, citizenship, human rights, democracy, and African feminisms: these past weeks have placed Cameroonian Sara TIMB at the crossroads of several spaces for reflection and action, both in Cameroon and internationally.
A multi-award-winning writer, social entrepreneur, and doctoral student in plant biotechnology, she recently participated in the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris, before being invited by the Foundation for Innovation for Democracy, led by Cameroonian intellectual Achille Mbembe, to take part in the pan-African campaign “31 Voices for African Feminisms.”
She is also featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Afrikher Magazine, which dedicates an interview to her in its “Future Sector: Culture – Literature” section.
These various updates, which come from different fields, gradually outline the same thread: that of a young Cameroonian whose voice and commitments resonate in cultural, civic, pan-African, and international spaces.
From Paris to the “31 Voices for African Feminisms” campaign
From June 30 to July 2, 2026, Sara TIMB took part in the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, organized in Paris by ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty).
Invited as a Young Ambassador Against the Death Penalty, she delivered a committed speech in favor of the abolition of the death penalty and was notably selected among the 09 young people to pay tribute to Robert Badinter, a historic figure in the abolitionist fight in France.
She was also one of the young ambassadors invited to a closed-door exchange with Emmanuel Macron, alongside the winners of the Marianne Initiative, as part of discussions dedicated to issues related to human rights, democracy, and the engagement of new generations.
This session was one of the highlights of her participation in the Congress, offering her a space for direct dialogue with the President of the French Republic around questions that cross her own civic engagement.
As part of this participation, she was also called upon to bring a Cameroonian and cultural dimension to this commitment, notably through the recitation, in Tunen, the language of her maternal heritage, of a quote from Robert Badinter.
A few weeks later, another invitation came to place her voice in a pan-African space dedicated to democratic transformations and the role of women.
A Cameroonian voice among the “31 Voices for African Feminisms”
The Foundation for Innovation for Democracy, a pan-African organization working to bring out, support, and foster dialogue around new ideas and initiatives on democracy in Africa, invited Sara TIMB to participate in its campaign “31 Voices for African Feminisms.”
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Led by Professor Achille Mbembe, the Foundation brought together, through this campaign, 31 African women from different countries, generations, and backgrounds to highlight the plurality of experiences and visions carried by women on the continent.
Invited to share a personal reflection on African feminisms, leadership, and the role of women in societies, Sara TIMB offered a text marked by urgency:
“It is almost midnight, a fragile bridge to the daylight, urging us not to miss the hour of awakening around the essential: protecting women, guaranteeing their rights, freeing their talents, and finally recognizing the central place they occupy in building the societies we aspire to. For a country that protects its women protects its present and its future. And when dawn finally rises over our countries, may it also rise over Republics that now know how to defend their daughters and their women.”
Through this contribution, she places the issue of women at the heart of a broader reflection on the construction of African societies and Republics.
A trajectory also highlighted by Afrikher Magazine
This pan-African news comes as Sara TIMB is featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Afrikher Magazine, a premium women’s magazine dedicated to inspiring female trajectories. She is the subject of an interview focused on her journey, in the “Future Sector: Culture-Literature” section. This spotlight reflects a trajectory at the crossroads of literary creation, education, social entrepreneurship, and civic engagement.
Founder of THE POETBUILDERS and promoter of the program I Write in Cameroon, Sara TIMB has been developing initiatives for several years aimed notably at facilitating young people’s access to literature, culture, and spaces for expression.
Her work as a writer is part of this same approach. Her book “The Memories of a Cameroonian Land,” published in 2025, notably explores the wounds related to the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon.
For the young Cameroonian, this visibility cannot, however, be an end in itself. It is part of a broader ambition: to contribute, through thought, literature, transmission, and civic action, to the conversations shaping African societies.
“I deeply believe that our societies need women and young people capable not only of taking their place in existing spaces but also of contributing to redefining the spaces in which their future is conceived,” emphasizes Sara TIMB.
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