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The earliest known civilization to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon is known as the Sao civilisation. [6] Known for their elaborate terracotta and bronze artwork and round, walled settlements in the Lake Chad Basin, little else is known with any certainty due to the lack of historical records.
Cameroon history-related lists (10 P) A. History of Ambazonia (2 C, 5 P) Archaeology of Cameroon (1 C, 1 P) Archives in Cameroon (1 C, 1 P) D. Defunct organizations ...
Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and the Republic of the Congo to the south.
The rulers of the Duala are the headmen, chiefs, paramount chiefs, and kings of the Duala people of Cameroon. The earliest known Duala rulers, according to Duala oral history, were Mbongo and his son Mbedi. From Mbedi's home at Pīti, northeast of the modern city of Douala, his sons migrated southward.
Cameroon has a rich and diverse culture made up of a mix of about 250 indigenous populations and just as many languages and customs. The country is nicknamed "Little Africa" as geographically, Cameroon consists of coastline, mountains, grass plains, forest, rainforest and desert, all of the geographical regions in Africa in one country.
1868 - The company Woermann-Linie in Cameroon; 1881 - The company Woermann-Linie receives the authorization to build a factory (trading post) in Deido. 1884 - Germans in power (the treaty between the Douala and Germans is signed; Cameroon becomes a German protectorate. 1885 - Construction (1885-1890) of a prefabricate iron house for King Ndumbe ...
DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. Derrick, Jonathan (1990). "Colonial élitism in Cameroon: the case of the Duala in the 1930s". Introduction to the History of Cameroon in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Palgrave MacMillan.
Journal of African History (1980): 255-267 online. Elango, Lovett Z. (1990). "Trade and diplomacy on the Cameroon coast in the nineteenth century, 1833–1879: the case of Bimbia". Introduction to the History of Cameroon in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Palgrave MacMillan. Fanso, Verkijika G (1989).