Cameroun
Cameroun , often referred to as French Cameroon in German texts , was part of the French colonial empire in Central Africa from 1916 to 1960 . The area, which today makes up the majority of the Republic of Cameroon , was a B League of Nations mandate from 1922 to 1946 and a UN trustee area from 1946 to 1960 .
The German colony of Cameroon was occupied by the British and French during the First World War . The League of Nations then gave France and the United Kingdom mandate over the area. After the Second World War, the status of the area was converted into a UN trust area. In January 1960, when the country gained its independence, it was still waiting for unification with the British part of Cameroon - and in October 1961 the southern part of this area, the so-called South Cameroon, was integrated into the new state of Cameroon, while the northern part was added to Nigeria was affiliated.
literature
- Engelbert Mveng : Histoire du Cameroun . Présence africaine, Paris 1963
- Victor Julius Ngoh : Cameroun 1884–1985. Cent ans d'histoire. CEPER, Yaoundé 1990
- Mark D. DeLancey , Rebecca Neh Mbuh (Ed.): Historical Dictionary of Cameroon (= African Historical Dictionaries. Volume 113). 4th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-5824-4