Cameroon: The Challenges of Nationhood - From Partition to the Republic of Cameroon

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Cameroon has come a long way since 1884 when Germany signed an annexation treaty with Douala chiefs.

What is today the Republic of Cameroon began in 1884 when Germany signed an annexation treaty with coastal chiefs in Douala. At the time, Cameroon was limited to the area around River Wouri Estuary in Douala, notes Prof. Willibroad Dze-Ngwa, a history lecturer with the University of Yaounde I.

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