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(/ˌkæməˈruːn/
French: Cameroun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun),
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(‘cameroon’ is a country in ‘Central Africa’) It is bordered by ‘Nigeria’ to the west; ‘Chad’ to the northeast; the ‘Central African Republic’ to the east; and ‘Equatorial Guinea’, ‘Gabon’, and the ‘Republic of the Congo’ to the south)
(Cameroon’s coastline lies on the ‘Bight of Biafra’, part of the ‘Gulf of Guinea’ and the ‘Atlantic Ocean’)
(‘French’ and ‘English’ are the official languages of ‘Cameroon’)
(the country is often referred to as “Africa in miniature” for its ‘geological’ and ‘cultural diversity’)
(natural features include ‘beaches’, ‘deserts’, ‘mountains’, ‘rainforests’, and ‘savannas’)
(the highest point at almost 4,100 metres (13,500 ft) is ‘Mount Cameroon’ in the ‘Southwest Region’ of the country, and the largest cities in population-terms are ‘Douala’ on the ‘wouri river’, its economic capital and main seaport)
(‘Yaoundé’, its political capital, and ‘Garoua’)
(after independence, the newly united nation joined the ‘Commonwealth of Nations’, although the vast majority of its territories had previously been a ‘German’ colony and, after ‘World War I’, a ‘french mandate’)
(the country is well known for its native styles of ‘music’, particularly ‘makossa’ and ‘bikutsi’, and for its successful ‘national football team’)
(early inhabitants of the territory included the ‘Sao’ civilisation around ‘Lake Chad’ and the ‘Baka’ hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest)
(‘Portuguese’ explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area Rio dos Camarões (Shrimp River), which became Cameroon in ‘English’)
(‘Fulani’ soldiers founded the ‘Adamawa Emirate’ in the north in the 19th century, and various ethnic groups of the west and northwest established powerful ‘chiefdoms’ and ‘fondoms’)
(‘Cameroon’ became a ‘German colony in 1884 known as ‘Kamerun’)
(after ‘World War I’, the territory was divided between ‘France’ and the ‘United Kingdom’ as ‘League of Nations’ mandates)
(the ‘Union des Populations du Cameroun’ (UPC) political party advocated independence, but was outlawed by ‘France’ in the 1950s, leading to the ‘Cameroonian Independence War’)
(do i observe ‘shades’ of the american “revolutionary war’?)
(it waged war on ‘French’ and ‘UPC’ militant forces until 1971)
(in 1960, the French-administered part of ‘Cameroon’ became independent as the ‘Republic of Cameroun’ under ‘President Ahmadou Ahidjo’)
(the southern part of ‘British Cameroons’ federated with it in 1961 to form the ‘Federal Republic of Cameroon’)
(the ‘federation’ was abandoned in 1972)
(the country was renamed the ‘United Republic of Cameroon’ in 1972 and the ‘Republic of Cameroon’ in 1984)
(‘Cameroon’ enjoys relatively high political and social stability)
(this has permitted the development of ‘agriculture’, ‘roads’, ‘railways’, and large ‘petroleum’ and ‘timber’ industries)
(nevertheless, large numbers of ‘Cameroonians’ live in poverty as ‘subsistence farmers’)
(‘power’ lies firmly in the hands of the ‘authoritarian president’ since 1982, ‘Paul Biya’, and his ‘Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement’ party)
(the English-speaking territories of ‘Cameroon’ have grown increasingly alienated from the government)
(‘politicians’ and ‘civil society’ in English-speaking regions have called for greater ‘decentralization’ and even complete ‘separation’ or ‘independence’) (for example: the ‘Southern Cameroons National Council’) from the former ‘French-governed territories’)
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