Abstract

Contact between the various peoples in the world, especially between the global North and South, was accentuated through the civilising mission-slavery, colonisation, imperialism and other ever-evolving forms of oppressor–oppressed relationships. With cultural contact as a constant in our evolving world, globalisation aims to referee relations between these interacting cultures on a global scale. This article examines the ways in which globalisation has affected the Cameroonian worldview by discussing excerpts from Kenjo Jumbam’s The whiteman of God (1980) and Azanwi Nchami’s Foot prints of destiny (1985). We build our discourse around Aseh’s concept of the ‘Kamerun Idea’, exploring the tenets of worldview, ontology, values, logic and identity. We answer the question: Could there be any equitable exchanges between the global North and South in the global supermarket of influences? It is the contention of this article that globalisation has become a pressing present reality, especially as culture shock leads to osmotic relationships of exchange between the global North and South. This article reveals that whenever cultures meet, influence is traded and worldviews are affected.