A chronology of colonialism Ahmadou Ahidjo was Cameroons first - TopicsExpress



          

A chronology of colonialism Ahmadou Ahidjo was Cameroons first post-independence leader 1520 - Portuguese set up sugar plantations and begin slave trade in Cameroon. 1600s - Dutch take over slave trade from Portuguese. 1884 - Cameroon becomes the German colony of Kamerun. 1911 - Under the Treaty of Fez - signed to settle the Franco-German conflict over Morocco, the Agadir Crisis - France cedes territories to the east and south to Cameroon (known as Neukamerun). 1916 - British and French troops force Germans to leave Cameroon. Neukamerun is separated from Cameroon again. 1919 - London Declaration divides Cameroon into French (80%) and British administrative zones (20%). The British zone is divided into Northern and Southern Cameroons. 1922 - League of Nations confers mandates on Britain and France for their respective administrative zones. 1946 - British and French mandates renewed as UN trusteeships. Independence 1958 - French Cameroon granted self-government with Ahmadou Ahidjo as prime minister. 1960 - French Cameroon granted independence and becomes the Republic of Cameroon with Ahidjo as president. 1961 - Following a UN-sponsored referendum, the (British) Southern Cameroons join the Republic of Cameroon to become the Federal Republic of Cameroon, while Northern Cameroons join Nigeria.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 06:46:53 +0000

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