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The name Cameroon derives from camames (prawns), introduced by Portuguese navigators. Called Kamerun in German and Cameroun in French, the estuary was later called the Cameroons River by British navigators. The Duala people living there were traders, selling slaves and later palm oil to Europeans. On 12 July 1884 they signed a treaty establishing German rule over Kamerun. Originally covering the Duala’s territory on the Wouri, this German colony later expanded to cover a large area inland, home to a number of African peoples. In the First World War Allied forces occupied the territory which was partitioned between France and Britain. British Cameroons consisted of British Southern Cameroons and British Northern Cameroons, adjoining Nigeria. France’s mandated territory of Cameroun occupied most of the former German colony.
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Ardener, E., Kingdom on Mount Cameroon: Studies in the History of the Cameroon Coast 1500–1970. Berghahn Books, Oxford, 1996
DeLancey, M. W., Cameroon: Dependence and Independence. London, 1989
Gros, Jean-Germain, Cameroon: Politics and Society in Critical Perspective. Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 2003
National Statistical Office: Direction de la Statistique et de la Comptabilité Nationale, Ministère du Plan et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Yaoundé.
Website (French only): http://www.statistics-cameroon.org
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Turner, B. (2008). Cameroon. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74027-7_139
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