Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun: Resistance and the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons

Carlson Anyangwe

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Cameroun Republic, a former French-administered UN Trust Territory granted independence on 1 January 1960. This book focuses on the unresolved Southern Cameroons colonial predicament, giving insightful accounts of how Cameroun Republic hijacked the Southe

Sujets

• Politique
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 15 août 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• EAN13: 9789956715565
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Im pe r i a l i s ti c Po l i ti cs i n C a m e r o u n: Resistance & the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons

Carlson Anyangwe

LangaaResearch & Publishing CIG Mankon, Bamenda

Publisher: LangaaRPCIG (LangaaResearch & Publishing Common Initiative Group) P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Province Cameroon [e-mail] www.langaapublisher.com

Distributed outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com

Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press [e-mail] www.msupress.msu.edu

ISBN:9956-558-50-8

© Carlson Anyangwe 2008 First published 2008

DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Langaa RPCIG.

Introduction

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Reign of Terror

Chapter 2. French Scheming

Chapter 3. Asylees Hatch Up a Plot

Chapter 4. Annexation Shrouded in Subterfuge Chapter 5. Able Leadership

Chapter 6. Fear and Oil

Chapter 7. A Chameleonic Entity

Chapter 8. How the Federation was Overthrown

Chapter 9. Oligarchic Father and Son

Chapter 10. A Phoenix Rises from its Ashes

Chapter 11. Traitor and Usurper

Chapter 12. Politics and Occultism

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Introduction

International human rights law ordains that the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government. The evidence shows that Cameroun Republic, the former French Cameroun UN Trust Territory that gained independence on 1 January 1960, is in forcible occupation of the British Southern Cameroons, the former UN Trust Territory under British Administration. Firstly, there is no act of union between the two territories. Secondly, there is no international treaty by which the frontiers of independent French Cameroun have been extended from what they we re at the attainment of its independence on 1 January 1960 to now include the territory of the Southern Cameroons. Thirdly, every day the people of the Southern Cameroons reject, by word and conduct, the colonial occupation of their territory by Cameroun Republic and every day they demand the ending of that colonial occupation. Fourthly, there is no respite in Cameroun Republic’s savage ill-treatment of the people of the Southern Cameroons and its wanton plunder of the resources of their territory. Fifthly, it is patent even to the casual observer that the relationship between the Southern Cameroons and Cameroun Republic is that of horse and rider. The colonisation of the Southern Cameroons by Cameroun Republic is thus beyond serious dispute. The authority Cameroun Republic wields in the Southern Cameroons is not by will of the people of the territory. The colonial government of Cameroun Republic parades itself and is assumed by an uninformed section of the international community as having lawful jurisdiction over the Southern Cameroons and its people. But appearances can often be very deceptive. The reality is that Cameroun Republic, by the use of military force, is merely in de facto control of the Southern Cameroons and has so far managed to exact forced submission to its colonial rule only by the application of a deliberate policy of terrorization of the people of the Southern Cameroons. President George W Bush of the USA, speaking a few years ago in connection with the global coalition against individual, group and state terrorism, pertinently observed that an armed gang in a named country hijacked an entire people and has been terrorizing them for the gang’s own selfish ends. That characterization would aptly fit what obtains in the Southern Cameroons. Way back in 1960, some `bad guys`, backed by force, hijacked Cameroun Republic and have held the people of that unfortunate country in terror ever since. Worse, the hijackers moved on to extend their terror structures and armed network to the Southern Cameroons and have equally taken the people and territory of the Southern Cameroons hostage, issuing terroristic commands and exercising a poisoned authority by way of terrorization, brute force and slaughter. The image is that of a handful of fearful cowboys riding into a quiet town, terrorizing its peaceful inhabitants

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