Her single-authored book, Contemporary Matriarchies in Cameroonian Francophone Literature (Summa, 2008) is the first comprehensive text on the history of women’s writing in Francophone Cameroon and focuses specifically on women’s empowerment and using African constructs to interpret tradition. Defying the Global Language: Perspectives in Ethnic Studies (Teneo, 2013) is Toman’s most recent edited collection and the first publication to come out of research conducted within Case’s Ethnic Studies Program.