Kamerunism: The Cause We Have Chosen

The only constant theme in the political landscape of Cameroon is its hundred-year old patriotic cause to found a new nation-state. Called Kamerunism or its synonym Cameroonian union-nationalism, the idea and ideal stood up against German colonialism until it was crushed by the execution of its leaders in 1914.

This cause of uniting the land's diverse ethnic groups and founding a new, modern, developed, liberal and progressive Cameroon was the force behind the reunification and independence ...