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	History of Cameroon
		The early European presence in Cameroon was primarily devoted to coastal trade and the acquisition of slaves.
		The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country.
		Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry.
	infotut.com /geography/Cameroon (1063 words)

	Cameroon
		The Muslim Fulani from the Niger basin arrived in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and settled in the north.
		French Cameroon became the Republic of Cameroon on January 1, 1960.
		From 1961 until spring 1972, Cameroon was governed as a federation, with east (formerly French) Cameroon and west (formerly British) Cameroon having individual governments-each with a parliament and ministries-in addition to the federal government structure.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Cameroon.html (368 words)

	Cameroon (01/06)
		Cameroon (13,353 ft.) in the southwest is the highest peak in West Africa and the sixth in Africa.
		Cameroon' s first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.
		Cameroon is an active participant in the United Nations, where its voting record demonstrates its commitment to causes that include international peacekeeping, the rule of law, environmental protection, and Third World economic development.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/26431.htm (3626 words)

	Cameroon
		Cameroon has achieved one of the highest rates of school attendance in Africa, although the literacy rate is still just 54 percent.
		Cameroon made international headlines in 1986, when a toxic cloud erupted from a remote volcanic lake in the western mountains, asphyxiating nearly 2000 people in their sleep.
		Cameroon is one of the wealthiest African countries, with a gross national product similar to that of Nigeria, its powerful neighbour.
	us-africa.tripod.com /cameroon.html (2390 words)

	Cameroon History Timeline - historic overview of Cameroun, Africa
		British Cameroon and Nigeria are now being administered as one colony, but most British attention and efforts goes to development of Nigeria.
		British Cameroon continues to be ruled from Nigeria.
		Cameroon are doing better than most of the neighbouring countries and a favourite to the European governments.
	crawfurd.dk /africa/cameroon_timeline.htm (2602 words)

	Travel in Yaoun De, Cameroon - History
		Cameroon, like most African countries, was created by people in Berlin, London, or Paris drawing arbitrary lines on a map of the world.
		In November 1995 Cameroon became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an organization of former British colonies.
		More subtle is the continued economic exploitation of Cameroon (and many other countries around the globe) by the former colonial masters, which has stunted the development of independent industry and commerce in Cameroon.YAOUNDE in the present time is the capital city of Cameroon.
	www.africatravelling.net /cameroon/yaoun_de/yaoun_de_history.htm (802 words)

	Cameroon
		The colours of the flag of Cameroon are the pan-African colours, green/red/yellow.
		British Cameroon was divised in two: British Nothern Cameroon (split in two non continguos piece) and British Southern Cameroon both ruled from Nigeria which became independent 1-10.60.
		British Nothern Cameroon was, until then, part of the Nothern region of Nigeria, but British Sothern Cameroon was a separate entity (region).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/cm.html (1296 words)

	ipedia.com: Cameroon Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The United Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central Africa.
		The first inhabitants of Cameroon were the pygmy Baka tribes.
		In 1961 the French and British portions of Cameroon were united, the French portion having gained independence a year earlier.
	www.ipedia.com /cameroon.html (461 words)

	History of CAMEROON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the early 19th century there is considerable activity in Cameroon by British and American missionaries, but a German connection begins only when the Woermann Company of Hamburg builds a warehouse in 1868 on the estuary of the Wouri river.
		The British are to adminster by far the smaller share, consisting of two thin strips on the eastern border of Nigeria.
		One is a long-running constitutional dispute between the English-speaking southwest of the country (one of the former British Cameroons) and the French-speaking majority.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad39 (1049 words)

	Cameroon celebrates golden time
		Cameroon is now comprised of the former French Cameroon and part of the former British Cameroon, which merged in 1961.
		Among the guests of honor was George Olinga, the son of Enoch Olinga, the Knight of Baha'u'llah for British Cameroon.
		He arrived in British Cameroon within hours of the deadline set by the then Head of the Faith, Shoghi Effendi, on the last day of the Holy Year (1953) commemorating the centenary of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah.
	www.upliftingwords.org /News/20030923Cameroon.htm (1312 words)

	Cameroon
		Cameroon is a Central African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
		Mount Cameroon (13,350 ft; 4,069 m), near the coast, is the highest elevation in the country.
		In 1961 the southern part of the British territory joined the new Federal Republic of Cameroon and the northern section voted for unification with Nigeria.
	www.factmonster.com /ipa/A0107382.html (645 words)

	Cameroon
		Cameroon is perhaps in the unique position of being at the interface between Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa, and at the crossroads between central and western Africa.
		Cameroon was the last of the sub-Saharan countries to be hit by the economic crisis of the early 1980’s.
		The Cameroon Development Corporation for example, which is the largest single employer after the state administration with 25,000 employees, and producing palm oil, tea, rubber and bananas, is due for privization.
	www.africamanagement.org /Resources/Countries/cameroon.htm (1859 words)

	REUNIFICATION AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN THE MAKING OF CAMEROON'S INDEPENDENCE
		Since Cameroon was not legally a colony but a trust territory of the UN, he put forward reunification as the cornerstone of his newly formed party, the Rassemblement Camerounais (Racam) in 1947 (Zang-Atangana 1989: 78).
		In fact, Ahidjo and the East Cameroon population were largely indifferent to it because the ultimate form of independence of his part of Cameroon had already been decided by the end of 1958.
		Although Foncha spoke of a Federal Cameroon outside the British Commonwealth and the French Community, the French were satisfied that by cutting links with the UPC and by not behaving overtly as a political enemy, Foncha, and less so the Foncha-Ahidjo alliance, would not be detrimental to French interests in a reunified Cameroon.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /Chilver/Paideuma/paideuma-REUNIFI.html (5215 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Westerners in Cameroon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The northern part of West Cameroon was incorporated as a region of Nigeria, while the southern part of the West was constituted into a Federal territory with its own legislature.
		The Cameroonian republic was established with the union of the former German colony/French-administered UN trust territory of Cameroon and Southern Cameroons (the British-administered territories).
		A conference of traditional chiefs of the South West regions of Cameroon convened in Mamfe, the capital of the Department of Manyu.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=47102 (4900 words)

	Cameroon - Background
		At the time of independence in 1960, the northern part of western (British) Cameroon decided to be part of neighbouring Nigeria, whereas the southern part of western (British) Cameroon and French Cameroon joined to form the Republic of Cameroon.
		Cameroon has extensive deposits of natural gas, bauxite, iron ore, uranium rutile, cobalt and nickel which are awaiting exploitation.
		In the political scene, Cameroon embarked in a multiparty democratic reform in the 1990s after a period of an authoritarian rule.
	www.uneca.org /aisi/nici/country_profiles/Cameroon/camerab.htm (273 words)

	Cameroon
		Bantu speakers were among the first groups to settle Cameroon, followed by the Muslim Fulani in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		In British Cameroon, unification was also promoted by the leading party, the Kamerun National Democratic Party, led by John Foncha.
		France set up Cameroon as an autonomous state in 1957, and the next year its legislative assembly voted for independence by 1960.
	www.avilacigars.com /cameroon.html (400 words)

	Cameroon - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is bound by Equatorial Guinea to the southwest, Gabon to the south, Congo to the southeast, the Central African Republic to the east, Chad to the northeast, Nigeria to the northwest and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.
		The principal ethnic groups consist of the Cameroon Highlanders who account for 31% of the population, the Equatorial Bantu for 19%, the Kirdi for 11%, the Fulani for 10%, the Northwestern Bantu for 8% and the Nigritic for 7%.
		The northern part of British Cameroon joined with Nigeria, while the southern part joined the independent Republic of Cameroon and from then until 1972 Cameroon operated as a federation of two states East and West Cameroon.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/cameroon.htm (1291 words)

	Cameroon - Cameroun - Africa
		The territory was colonized by the Germans in1884 and after the end of the 1914-1918 war, Cameroon was mandated by the Ligue of Nations to the French and British governments.
		Following agitation for independence by the Southern Cameroons - before the name was changed to West Cameroon - a plebiscite was held in that sector of Cameroon on February 11th 1961 under the United Nations supervision.
		After a May 20,1972 referendum, Cameroon became a United Republic and by a Presidential Decree of 1984 it became the Republic of Cameroon.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cameroon.htm (606 words)

	Characteristics of the Cameroonian State
		The Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are to the East and South of Cameroon.
		The League of Nations gave 80 percent of Cameroon to the French and 20 percent to the British (this area was bordering the British colony of Nigeria).
		Cameroon became and autonomous state in 1957, and an autonomous government, under Ahmadou Ahidjo was formed in 1959.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~nvsobhan/Camstate.html (515 words)

	The Sun Never Set on the British Empire
		In 1909 the British Empire encompassed 20% of the land area of the Earth and 23% of its population.
		The Union of South Africa was formed from the British colonies of the Natal and the Cape Colony, together with the subjugated Boer Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
		The flag of the Union was, significantly, an archaizing Dutch flag, with an orange instead of a red stripe, and the flag of Britain, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal on the middle stripe.
	www.friesian.com /british.htm (6467 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Bamileke in Cameroon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In a UN-sponsored plebiscite, British Cameroonians opted for reunification with French Cameroon and northern peoples chose to maintain their status within Nigeria.
		Cameroon was accused by Nigeria of provoking the latest outbreak of fighting on the Bakassi peninsula.(Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentor, 5/3/96)
		The four main opposition groups in Cameroon announced that they will boycott presidential elections scheduled to be held next month, because of alleged electoral fraud in general elections held in May, 1997.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=47103 (4407 words)

	Cameroon Travel Guide - Cameroon Holidays
		Situated on the Gulf of Guinea, on the west coast of Africa, Cameroon is sandwiched between its powerful neighbour Nigeria to the north and Equatorial Guinea to the south.
		Tourism is limited, but those who venture to Cameroon will find a nation of remarkable diversity, from its varying landscapes of tropical rainforests and beaches, mountains and desert, to its assortment of people and cultures.
		Southwest Cameroon is a mountainous region dominated by the highest mountain in West Africa, and Africa's highest active volcano, Mt Cameroon, which sits on the edge of the Gulf of Guinea and is a popular mountaineering destination.
	www.wordtravels.com /Travelguide/Countries/Cameroon (542 words)

	Indirect Rule in the Colonial State
		While indirect rule as practised by the British may largely have rested on the false belief that it was only sanctioning the status quo, Britain, in fact, was actively involved in the invention of tradition.
		The British deference to traditional ruling classes in Britain led them to believe that established tradition could have the same legitimating force in Cameroon.
		However, one ramification was that it led to the emergence of a new class of barons at the expense of the old barons without access to the monetary economy.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /Chilver/Paideuma/paideuma-Indirec-2.html (1845 words)

	Conference to Build the ASI - Report from Cameroon
		Cameroon was colonized by the Germans in 1884 at the Berlin Colonial Conference.
		During their reign, Cameroon was characterized by violent crimes, torture on Cameroonians, forced labor on men and women of Cameroon, and flogging as well as death by hanging.
		For instance, in southern Cameroon, the French own much of the economic resources that are necessary to rebuild the entire country.
	burningspearuhuru.com /0603_cameroon.htm (713 words)

	Cameroon Flag
		We stock the Cameroon flag in 2ft x 3ft, 3ft x 5ft and 4ft x 6ft sizes in nylon and 3ft x 5ft in Superknit polyester.
		Cameroon stick flag 4 inch x 6 inch, mounted on a 10 inch plastic stick.
		Cameroon stick flag 12 x 18 inch, mounted on a 24 inch wooden stick.
	www.united-states-flag.com /cameroon.html (391 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Heads of government of British Cameroon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Heads of government of British Cameroon
		List of Heads of Government of British Cameroon
		Heads of Government of the British Virgin Islands
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Heads_of_government_of_British_Cameroon (56 words)

	Cameroon
		26 Sep 1914 French and British occupation of German Kamerun.
		20 Jul 1920 British Cameroons a League of Nations mandate.
		Oct 1954 British Cameroons an autonomous part of Nigeria.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Cameroon.html (1350 words)

	Baha'i World News Service - Cameroon celebrates golden time
		Meherangiz Munsiff, a young Indian woman, arrived there in April 1954, for which she was honored with the title Knight of Baha'u'llah.
		Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Cameroon and guests, who include Ali and Violette Nakhjavani, and Joan and Albert Lincoln.
		Tiati a Zock, of Cameroon, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors, with his family.
	www.bahaiworldnews.org /story.cfm?storyid=249 (1505 words)

	Cameroon
		The Reunification Question in Cameroon History: Was the Bride an Enthusiastic or a Reluctant One?
		Christian churches and the democratization conundrum in Cameroon.
		Challenges and coping strategies of women food crops entrepreneurs in Fako Division, Cameroon.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107382.html (703 words)

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