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Terracotta Sao statuette Map showing the approximate extent of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1875 as well as the remnants of the Kanem-Bornu empire Map of pre-colonial Cameroon coastline published in 1884. Archaeological research has been relatively scarce in Cameroon due to a lack of resources and transportation infrastructure.
Cameroon is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie. Its foreign policy closely follows that of its main ally, France (one of its former colonial rulers). [71] [72] Cameroon relies heavily on France for its defence, [56] although military spending is high in comparison to other sectors of government. [73]
English: This map shows the English-language names of the countries of Africa during the Colonial era (specifically, in the year 1947), and is colour-coded according to the colonial powers. Català: Mapa de l'Àfrica colonial el 1947
British Cameroons or British Cameroon was a British mandate territory in British West Africa, formed of the Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons.Today, the Northern Cameroons forms parts of the Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states of Nigeria, [1] while the Southern Cameroons forms part of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far northeastern parts of Nigeria.
After World War I, French Cameroon was not integrated to French Equatorial Africa (AEF) but made a "Commissariat de la République autonome" under French mandate.France enacted an assimilationist policy with the aim of having German presence forgotten, by teaching French on all of the territory and imposing French law, while pursuing the "indigenous politics", which consisted of keeping ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Colonial people in Cameroon (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Colonial history of Cameroon" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.