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*** 23-Nov-16 World View -- Cameroon: One person killed in English-speaking vs French-speaking civil unrest

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  • Cameroon: One person killed in English-speaking vs French-speaking civil unrest
  • Activists call for independence of English-speaking Cameroon

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**** Cameroon: One person killed in English-speaking vs French-speaking civil unrest
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Protests in Bamenda on Monday (RFI)

Reports indicate that there was at least one death on Monday in
clashes between English-speaking (Anglophone) protesters and police,
during protests of discrimination and marginalization by the
French-speaking (Francophone) majority.

Thousands of Anglophone Cameroonians brought coffins to protests to
the city of Bamenda, proclaiming that they were ready to die and be
burned in their coffins. Security forces fired tear gas and live
bullets to disperse the demonstrators. The amount of violence has
been a surprise, causing some to worry of a government crackdown
leading to genocide. The 1994 Rwanda genocide is in the minds of
the Cameroon people, as it is in the minds of all Africans.

Monday's demonstrations were by Anglophone teachers who were
protesting that the government was deploying Francophone teachers
teach the French language in Anglophone areas of Cameroon.

The teachers' demonstrations followed demonstrations by Anglophone
lawyers in Bamenda two weeks ago to protest that the legal and court
systems are biased toward Francophones, with many laws passed without
even being translated into English. That demonstration was dispersed
by security forces using tear gas. Cameroon Concord and Radio France Internationale (RFI) and International Business Times (London)

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**** Activists call for independence of English-speaking Cameroon
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Cameroon, highlighting the English-speaking Southern Cameroons (Nebafuh)

In the 15th century, Portuguese explorers named the area near the
mouth of the Wouri River the Rio dos Camaroes (River of Prawns) after
the abundant shrimp in the water. Over time the designation became
Cameroon in English. This is the only instance where a country is
named afer a crustacean.

During the "Scramble for Africa" in the late 1800s, Cameroon became a
colony of Germany. However, during World War I, Britain and France
forced Germany out of the territory, and created two regions, British
Cameroon and French Cameroon.

The war for independence began in 1955 in French Cameroon.
Independence was won in 1960, with the Republic of Cameroon.

In 1961 British Cameroon, under a referendum sponsored by the United
Nations, was given the choice of joining either Nigeria or the
Republic of Cameroon. There was a split with the Northern part of
British Cameroon voting to join Nigeria, and the Southern part voting
to join the French speaking Cameroon. Overall, the latter won the
referendum. The former British Cameroon is now known as the "Southern
Cameroons" region of Cameroon, and is home to about 3.2 million
English-speaking people. This month's riots and demonstrations took
place in Bamenda, a city of 500,000, and the largest city in Southern
Cameroons.

During the generational Awakening era that followed, a separatist
movement called the Cameroon Anglophone Movement began in 1984. The
Southern Cameroons region is adjacent to the Biafra region of Nigeria,
and some activists would like to join the two into an independent
country. Of course, this is opposed by both the Cameroon and Nigeria
governments. International Business Times (27-Feb-2016) and Jacob Crawfurd (Copenhagen) and Nebafuh (activist) and CIA World Factbook

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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Cameroon, Bamenda, Rio dos Camaroes,
British Cameroon, French Cameroon, Southern Cameroons,
Nigeria, Biafra

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