Cameroon’s Sara TIMB Gains Recognition as an African Feminist Voice

Sara TIMB’s public voice has recently moved across several stages, from a global campaign against the death penalty to a pan-African project on feminism and democracy.

The Cameroonian writer, social entrepreneur and doctoral student in plant biotechnology took part in the Ninth World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris from June 30 to July 2, 2026. She attended as a Young Ambassador Against the Death Penalty and was selected as one of nine young people to pay tribute to Robert Badinter, a prominent figure in France’s abolitionist movement.

TIMB was also among the young ambassadors invited to a closed discussion with French President Emmanuel Macron alongside recipients of the Marianne Initiative. The discussion focused on human rights, democracy and the engagement of younger generations. During the congress, she recited a quotation from Badinter in Tunen, the language of her maternal heritage, adding a Cameroonian and cultural dimension to her participation.

Weeks later, the Foundation for Innovation for Democracy invited her to take part in “31 Voices for African Feminisms.” The foundation, led by Cameroonian intellectual Achille Mbembe, works on democratic change and the role of women. TIMB also appeared in Afrikher Magazine’s summer 2026 issue, which interviewed her for a section on culture and literature.

Taken together, these appearances place her work across literary, civic, human rights, democratic and feminist spaces in Cameroon and internationally.