'I know as a fact that, as at the time the 1st petitioner was born on the 25th November, 1946 to a FulanI trader and farmer, Garba Abubakar, Jada village and other parts of Chamba land in the then Northern Cameroon, were still part of the
British Cameroons and not Nigeria.
A plebiscite was held in
British Cameroons to determine whether the people preferred to stay in Cameroon or align with Nigeria.
[1961] Resolution 1608 (XV) of 21 April 1961, taken by the United Nations on the basis of the referendum in former
British Cameroons, was more a matter of laying the foundations for coexistence between the former French Cameroon and Southern Cameroons.
A year after the French-ruled territory became independent in 1961, the southern part of
British Cameroons was integrated into a federal system.
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British Cameroons went into a union of equal states with French Cameroon.
In this light she joined Phyllis Kaberry in 1958 in the Grassfields of
British Cameroons. At this time not only did all sides sense a great change in the air but there were strong feelings that the history of the past and the place of local identities therein should not be lost.
I got used to it and it probably gave a more accurate glimpse into
British Cameroons but it seemed patronising.
Our compatriots in the
British Cameroons were casting covetous eyes on the excellent results achieved by French Cameroonians from their farming operations and that they were making strenuous efforts to reap the fruits of these men's labour.
The Conservatives passing off an Australian photograph of young people as if it were a snap of eager
British Cameroons is either incompetence or yet another desperate con.
Other topics include the Baha'i response to the modern crisis in the Middle East and West Africa, the rots of Baha'i conversion in
British Cameroons, and the Baha'i Church of Calabar.
S.Corrakes,Elder and Fyffes Line (Skinboat) banana boat, sailing from Garston Docks to Tiko in the
British Cameroons,,West Africa in 1954.
He is the author of Mission to the
British Cameroons (1992) and Cardinal Herbert Vaughan (1995).
