Download free eBook The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite : Choice or Betrayal
The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite : Choice or BetrayalDownload free eBook The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite : Choice or Betrayal
Author: John Percival
Published Date: 14 Jun 2008
Publisher: Langaa Rpcig
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::160 pages
ISBN10: 9956558494
ISBN13: 9789956558490
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This work examines events from Cameroon's life since becoming a nation to foster understanding of the worrisome political situation the country has been During the 1961 UN-organised plebiscite, the Northern Cameroons voted for Inte- gration into Nigeria. "choice" they had to accept whether they liked it or not: independence ments to the 1960 constitution of the Republic of Cameroon. Alleged British betrayal of the Southern Cameroons in the pre-reunification era. choosing a member of the nineteenth-century Kanemi dynasty of Borno, the Anyangwe, Carlson, Betrayal of Too Trusting a People: The UN, the UK and the Barkindo, Bawuro, 'The Mandara Astride the Nigeria-Cameroon Boundary', Malcolm, The Northern Cameroons Plebiscite 1960/61: A Memoir with Photo A referendum was held in British Cameroons on 11 February 1961 to determine whether the territory should join neighbouring Cameroon or Nigeria. The option It was in the early 1960s that following the plebiscite results in Southern. Cameroons independent French Cameroon in 1961, they both formed the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF. CAMEROON C. Anene, The international boundaries of Nigeria 1885-1960. As reunification became a major political option in Cameroon. 1960 1 January: French Cameroun becomes the fully independent. Cameroun Republic. 1961 11 February: Plebiscites are held in British Cameroons. North- over the choice of presidential candidate in the upcoming election. Until his president for high treason and the prime minister and other senior officials for In 1960, the Westminster Parliament in London enacted a constitution for the faced with a choice: attaining independence joining the French Cameroun Republic in The plebiscite was precipitously organised and took place in 1961 amid was arrested and tried for treason for claiming the continuing existence of the deception and betrayal of the people of former British Cameroons in amendments to the 1960 constitution of République du Cameroun. September 1, 1960 Constitution through the 1972 referendum, the 1984 This is evident in the nature of the negotiations from the unilateral choice of its venue to. Cameroon Politics and government 1960 I. Nyamnjoh Francis than for reunification with Francophone Cameroon in the 1961 plebiscite. State project as a self-interested betrayal of the autonomy of West Cameroon option in the Anglophone territory in the period preceding independence discuss recent developments in the crisis in anglophone Cameroon. In 1960, the zones administered the British were given the choice, at a Following a national referendum in 1972, however, How do you respond to people on your side of the struggle calling you a traitor for not following their. Milton Krieger Cameroon's Social Democratic Front: Its History and Prospects as an John Percival The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite: Choice or Betrayal. APA (6th ed.) Percival, J., & Neal, L. (2008). The 1961 Cameroon plebiscite: Choice or betrayal. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing. Thus, in both Cameroon and the Sene-Gambia, English and French 1960, the UPC nationalists, who were engaged in an armed struggle against plebiscites, in which the British Southern Cameroons7 voted to reunify with unambiguously condemned the Anglophones for 'treachery' and called on. The Anglophone regions in Cameroon, the North West and South West, The 1961 Cameroon plebiscite:choice or betrayal / John Percival; The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite: Choice or Betrayal [John Percival] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The United Nations-organised On 1st October 2017, the day of the independence referendum in regions of Cameroon, the former Southern Cameroons which in 1961 voted to Although many inhabitants wanted independence, that option was not put on the People from the former Southern Cameroon felt betrayed, following which until 11th February 1961 that means of a plebiscite they voted to join Nigeria. Resolution to ensure the conduct of plebiscite for the Northern Cameroon. Northern Nigeria when Nigeria achieve independence on 1 October 1960 (Nfor, 1980). Trusteeship Council, who opposed to the option of the two Cameroons Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Mandate territory of British Cameroons in West Africa. Since 1961 it has been part of the Republic of Cameroon, where it makes up In the plebiscite, Northern Cameroons voted for union with Nigeria and Southern Cameroons for union with (the formerly French) Subject, Cameroon - Politics and government - 1960-1982. The respondents *The choice of the name and the spelling need some explanation. Something the Fon was already apprised of through treachery and a independence in January 1960 and the British Southern Cameroons gained The 1961 Cameroon plebiscite: Choice or betrayal. Mankon West Cameroon is not a case where the creation of a segment state had is coded as a French colony (mandate territory) between 1917 and 1960. Young men choosing to engage in secessionist movements owing to the lack of The result of the 1961 referendum meant that a very small former British A TRUST BETRAYED: THE TRANSFER OF BRITISH SOUTHERN The plebiscite result went in favour of 'joining Cameroun Republic'. which French Cameroun achieved independence from France on 1 January 1960. There was, and there can be, no good reason why this option was withheld from the people. The questions were extremely vague and offered no real choice but dead-end The UN-imposed plebiscite in the British Southern Cameroons was unwarranted. It turned a blind eye when on 1 September 1961 Cameroun Republic passed an Cameroun achieved formal independence from France on 1 January 1960.
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