Chief A.S. Ngwana
3 October 2008
opinion
On January 1, 1960, East Cameroon, the former French Cameroon became independent and was known as the Republic of Cameroon.
On October 1, 1961, West Cameroon, the former British Southern Cameroons, became independent and unified with the Republic of Cameroon to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. These are the most important dates in the history of Cameroon. These are the dates Cameroonians, French-speaking and English-speaking, threw off the shackles of colonial imperialism and became independent.
How can we forget these dates in our history, in the history of Cameroon? On unification, October 1, was celebrated yearly as a public holiday. October 1 is very important to Cameroon because without it, Cameroon would have been two different countries; the Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Southern Cameroons. But thank God, Cameroon is one nation.
October 1 will remain a National Day and must be declared a public holiday.Finally, we must not forget that unification and independence were based on federalism, so for the smooth existence and unity of Cameroon as a corporate unit, we must return to the federal system of government.
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MELEN, THE FRENCH-NEGRO, YOU ARE NOT WORTH REPLYING BUT I WILL. THE KAMERUN ,YOU ARE ALWAYS CAMOUFLAGING TO COLON-BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS AND STEAL ITS WEALTH IS, MADE UP OF TCHAD, GABON, TOGO, CAR AND PART OF CONGO. ITS NOT THE SAME KAMERUN THAT WAS INDEPENDENT FROM FRENCH IN JANURAY 1ST 1960, THAT ONE IS CALLED LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN AKA CAMEROUN, AND THATS THE NAME THATS REGISTERED AT THE UN IN 1961 AFTER GAINING ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE. SOO, YOUR ONE KAMEROUN, CAMEROUN , LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN IS JUST FALLACY AND LIES. BUT SOO YOU KNOW. SOUTHERN CAMEROONS HAVE NEVER BEEN PART OF YOUR KAMERUN CAMEROUN OR LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN.
AND BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS WILL BE INDEPENDENT BY ALL MEANS
MELEN, THE FRENCH-NEGRO, YOU ARE NOT WORTH REPLYING BUT I WILL. THE KAMERUN ,YOU ARE ALWAYS CAMOUFLAGING TO COLON-BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS AND STEAL ITS WEALTH IS, MADE UP OF TCHAD, GABON, TOGO, CAR AND PART OF CONGO. ITS NOT THE SAME KAMERUN THAT WAS INDEPENDENT FROM FRENCH IN JANURAY 1ST 1960, THAT ONE IS CALLED LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN AKA CAMEROUN, AND THATS THE NAME THATS REGISTERED AT THE UN IN 1961 AFTER GAINING ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE. SOO, YOUR ONE KAMEROUN, CAMEROUN , LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN IS JUST FALLACY AND LIES. BUT SOO YOU KNOW. SOUTHERN CAMEROONS HAVE NEVER BEEN PART OF YOUR KAMERUN CAMEROUN OR LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN.
AND BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS WILL BE INDEPENDENT BY ALL MEANS
Hello Mr Ngwana,
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with your point of view about october 1rst 1961, or January 1rst 1960.
Kamerun is only one country resulting from the german protectorate agreement of 1885.
The loss of the first world war by Germany resulted in the division of the country in two parts. Why ?
Normally, Kamerun was independent since 1916, when Martin Paul Samba got the indepencance act from Bismarck and the Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II.
But before his arrival in Kamerun, the independance act was taken from him, and this decalration was not read in the country.
Although this independence was not officially proclaimed in 1916, the country got his freedom from colonisation in 1919, as one country ruled by United Nations ancestor SDN.
Kamerun has never been registered in United Nations as two countries, but one.
From this point, you can't say today that the history of Cameroon begins with the Republic of Camerooon. This is intellectually dishonest, and doesn't take in account the fact that the peoples of those two sides of Kamerun, administered by French or British are the same.
The ruling of Kamerun in UN has always been international (UN) and has never banned the one Kamerun of 1919, at the end of the first world war.
Pardon e to be straight, but what you said has hurt my knowledge and the real historical process we all know.