History, Facts and Lies: Season Two

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                Season Two: The beginning of Southern Cameroons struggle

1. What is AAC?

AAC means All Anglophone Conference, and we had AAC 1 on April 2-3 1993 in Buea and AAC 2, April 29th- 1st May 1994 in Bamenda.

2. What engineered the AAC?

To be able to understand what engineered the AAC, it is good to examine or x-ray what  has been happening to the Southern Cameroonian people, known as Anglophones then.

The root of this problem may be traced back to 1961 when the political elites of the two territories with different colonial legacies, one French and the other British, agreed on the formation of a federal state.Contrary to expectations, this did not provide for the equal partnership of both parties, let alone for the preservation of the cultural heritage and identity of each, but turned out to be merely a transitory phase to the total integration of the Anglophone region into a strongly centralised unitary state. Gradually, this created an Anglophone consciousness, the feeling of being `marginalized, exploited and assimilated by the Francophone-dominated state. They also saw the closures of all Anglophone state parastatals like Cameroon Bank, Marketing board, Santa coffee, PWD, Sea and air ports, power cam etc. It was not until the political liberalisation process in the early 1990s that the Anglophones asked for a sovereign national conference, and when President Paul BIYA rejected the Sovereign National Conference and opted for a tripartite meeting of representatives of Government, political parties and Independent personalities from 30th October -18 November 1991.This became the stimulus for the All Anglophone Conference (AAC I) of April 2-3, 1993.

3. Who were the brains behind it?

"Anglophones" started work from different areas across the nation then. Work towards AAC actually began in Barrister Charles Taku’s Chambers with the main actors being Barrister Charles Taku, Prof Carlson Anyangwe, Munzu, Elad,Ntoko, Tabot,Wirsuy Ekiko, BB, Anu, Ekema, Monangai, Tazifor, Njang, Nganda, Django.Ebini, Feko, Visha, Nsoh, Kebila, Pa Chi, Zama, Eba, Nsamenang, NwangNgumne Pa Jumbam etc. 

4. How many Anglophones were in attendance and what were the resolutions?

There were more than five thousand participants including the late Dr Foncha

The AAC came out with what was known as the "Buea Declaration". This documents asked the government to review the constitution and to make a positive move back to the federal system or Anglophones  will be forced to re address their independence.  They even submitted a proposed federal constitution to the state.

 5. What was the reaction of the government?

As always, the government of Paul Biya did everything possible to stop the conference. The All Anglophone Conference (AAC) was supposed to be held at the Buea University hall, but Mrs.Njeuma’s bosses in Yaounde had placed a phone call to her, threatening to dismiss her from her job if she were to let the Buea University hall to be used as she had previously agreed to do with the convenors of the AAC, and she slammed the doors of the University hall on the faces of AAC Members. With the confusion, the Catholic Reverend Sisters damned the consequences and opened the Mount Mary Maternity Centre’s door for AAC.

Thus the famous statement of Dr Carlson Anyangwe “the frog came to Buea and we welcomed him as a brother. Today, we cannot even use a hall in our own historic city without his permission; a permission he even refuses to give us! And who can still claim that we don’t have cause to complain in this country” From hence the government instead reinforced all the military barracks and imposed its presence in every Anglophone region than it was before AAC 1

Note here that,  the Paul Biya’s government used tear gas and rubber bullets to send attendance off the meeting ground during AAC2 in Big Mankon Bamenda in 1994. As an eye witness, I remember testing tear gas for the second time as the youths of Big Mankon Parish were directly involved with the arrangements of chairs and tables for the meeting.Till date as far as the government is concern there had been nothing like AAC 1 or 2, they have come to show the Anglophones that they have no say as far as Cameroun is concern. No replay of any kind has ever been issued to the AAC 1 or 2 except in brutal reprisals.

6. Why didn't AAC stay with the original objective?

It is good to know what transpired between AAC 1 and 2 coupled with the bad faith of the Paul Biya’s government and the lack of concern or respect to the Buea declaration by Paul Biya. Instead of having a meaningful dialogue with the Anglophones; Paul biya instead increased the presence of his colonial gendarmes and military units in the Anglophone provinces waving aside the Buea declaration. Many attempts were made to see the president by the AAC, and many letters were written that saw no reply from the president or governors. The Anglophones were frustrated and saw the need for an AAC 2 with one option on the table which was to re-address the independence of the Southern Cameroons (the Zero option) in what was known as the Bamenda declaration. Since Paul Biya did not find it necessary to dialogue with the Anglophones or to make the necessary move back to federation, he turned federalist sheeps into “secessionist” wolves.

7. Why not refer to it as ASCC instead of AAC

By ASCC,  I think you mean All Southern Cameroonians Conference.

It could not have been referred to as ASCC because at this time, the Anglophones did not know the bad faith of their francophone brothers. At this time, they were still dreaming of a federation, and time would prove to them that, that would never be. As God will make it,  the time came just a year later when they noticed how insignificant they were in the unholy union. They called for an AAC2 in Bamenda, after escaping  tear gas and rubber bullets at the first site at Big Mankon Bamenda,  they were more convinced its high time we go back home and so the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) was born to take us home. But today there is high need for an ASCC.

8. Where is AAC today?

Today,  I will say AAC is dead and buried. It died after AAC 2 in Bamenda when they came out with the zero option and the birth of the SCNC. AAC means All Anglophone Conference and not all Anglophones are Southern Cameroonians and all Southern Cameroonians are not Anglophones. So the word Anglophone no longer refers to Southern Cameroonians. But the spirit of the AAC lives in all Southern Cameroonians, be you of the SCAPA SCNC, SCYL, SCAPO, SCAM,CAM, Ambazonia, UN state of British Cameroons etc, we all are the work of AAC.

9. Can there be another AAC?

No, a big fat no, there can't be another AAC  because there is no longer any Anglophone problem in the Cameroons. What we have now is a Southern Cameroons question that needs an all-Southern Cameroonian conference not AAC.  If you use the word Anglophones referring to Southern Cameroons, then you are very wrong and trying to reduce the country Southern Cameroons to an ethnic group of La Republique Du Cameroun. So the Southern Cameroons problem is an international problem and not a domestic problem, it is a problem of Neo colonialism.

10. Can we therefore state that SCNC speaks for all Southern Cameroonians?

Yes, by virtue of the fact that, SCNC was born from the AAC which had Southern Cameroonians from all strata of life in the Southern Cameroons, the SCNC becomes the official mouth piece and the legitimate representative of the peoples of Southern Cameroons.

 11.What is the way forward for SC?

There is only one way forward, let president Paul Biya gets into a constructive dialogue with the representatives of the Southern Cameroons liberation movements. This will avoid us taking our freedom by force, because as far as we stand, the only way, is the only one way home. Southern Cameroons must be completely free. However, I will acknowledge the pressure the Southern Cameroonians lawyers are presently doing and many others who are preaching federalism but I think that, Southern Cameroons solution lies with independence. The time for federalism is gone and gone for good.

Thank you Mark Bara

Created by: Mark Bara

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Answers provided by:Shey Kaavi Wo Melim

Southern Cameroons Activist, Brussels, Belgium.

Edited by: Mark Bara.

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History, Facts and Lies- Season One ( Introductory Season)

                                       A Southern Cameroons Production.

                                        Season One: Introductory Season.

1. How did the Cameroons come about?

During the European exploration which began in the 15th century, the Bantu people were the dominant ethnic groups in Sub Saharan Africa. They spread wide down south and east. The south settlement became what the Portuguese came and met and termed it Rio Dos Cameros. During the age of Scramble, Germany who was a late entrant into the European scramble for colonial possessions in Africa, outsmarted Britain and France and claimed Cameroon as a German Protectorate in 1884; The berlin conference that sat in Berlin in 1884 to balkanize Afrika, confirmed German ownership over Kamerun. The German administration built the railways,farms  in the areas that are now North-West and South-West Regions and made Buea its administrative headquarters. It remained her property until 1916, when Britain, France and Belgium took it by military force in a combined operation during the WWI operations.The partition of Kamerun then took place between Britain and France in 1916 with the signing of an agreement known as the  Simon-Milner Agreement confirming the Partition of Kamerun between the two nations in accordance to what was decided during the Berlin conference about signing of treaties to claim ownership of territories. WW1 ended in Africa in 1916 and ended in the rest of the world in 1918. The treaty of Versailles on June 28th 1919 is so important because Germany accepted the terms of the treaty and lay off his sovereignty over his colonies. The treaty of Versailles confirms the Simon-Milner agreement partitioning Kamerun in 1916.

France got 4/5 of the territory i.e the eastern part of the territory which was directly linked to its French Equatorial territories and named it Cameroun, while Britain took 1/5 of the territory western part which was linked to its West African colony of Nigeria as a League of Nations Mandate. The French mandate was known as Cameroun while the British mandate comprised two geographically separate territories; Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons administered from Nigeria, but not joined to, the British territory of Nigeria through the British residents with headquarters in Buea. After 1945, the UK and France continued to administer the country as UN Trust Territories uptill independence in 1960 and 1961 respectively. This was the exact origin of the two Cameroons.

2. What is Southern Cameroons?

Southern Cameroons is the Southern part of the League of Nations British mandate of Cameroon.  It is made up of the southern west and North West regions of the present day “Cameroon”.  It voted in a UN plebiscite of 11^th February 1961, to join La Republique du Cameroun. Since 1994, pressure groups in the Southern Cameroons have sought independence from the La Republique, and the Republic of Ambazonia was declared by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO) on 31 August 2006.

3. Who is a Southern Cameroonian?

The definition of a Southern Cameroonian may be inferred directly from the description of what is Southern Cameroons. Precisely, a Southern Cameroonian is one whose either parents comes from the Northern zones ( North West region) or Southern Zones ( South West Region) of Southern Cameroons.

4. Who is a Camerounese?

In 1919, the French took over the administration of the eastern part of the German territory and which later gained independence as La Republique du Cameroun and the citizens were known as Camerounese in January 1 1960. It follows therefore that, a Camerounese is a citizen of La Republique du Cameroun.

5. Who therefore is a Cameroonian?
A Cameroonian is a generic name for person from either La Republique du Cameroun or Southern Cameroons. If you want to be specific when asked, you could say " I am a Southern Cameroonian or Camerounese".

6. So therefore what is the Country Cameroon?

The country Cameroon is a generic name representing both Cameroons ( La Republique du Cameroun or Southern Cameroons). Take note of the "oo" in the name Cameroon. Cameroon is not the english translation of Cameroun.

7. Who is an Anglophone/Francophone?

An Anglophone is a member of the English speaking world. Citizens of member countries of the Common wealth of nations could be loosely referred to as Anglophones.

A francophone on the other hand is amember of the French speaking World. Citizens of La Francophonie could be loosely referred to as Francophone.

Therefore in Cameroon anyone who speaks English or French whether from Southern Cameroons or La Republique du Cameroun are referred to as Anglophones or Francophone respectively.

8.Are all Southern Cameroonians Anglophones?

No, our great parents who speaks only the vernacular and Pidgin English are not Anglophones.

9. Could Southern Cameroonians be Francophones?

Yes, if they speak and understand French they could be refer to as Francophones but they are not Camerounese. However, by choice some could be Camerounese. In the law of Nationality, an adult can elect to change his nationality when he becomes of age. It is called nationality of choice. This is one of the exact reasons why most people have the legal right to adopt new nationalities in foreign lands, USA, FRANCE, CANADA, GERMANY, BELGIUM, ETC. Therefore, a Southern Cameroonian has the right to reject his Southern Cameroons identity and adopt the Camerounese identity. It is a matter of express choice which is just and legal.

10. When did Southern Cameroon got her independence ?

Southern Cameroons got her independence on October 1st,  1961.

11. What is the significance of 11th Feb and 20th May ?

11th February is the day of UN Plebiscite where the people of Southern Cameroons expressly made a choice to GAIN INDEPENDENCE by joining either independent La Republic du Cameroun or independent Federal Republic of Nigeria, there was no third option. It is significant because it reflects a moment in history which set worth a bad destiny for the peoples of Southern Cameroons. For 20th May, has no significance to the people of Southern Cameroons.

On 20th May, President Ahidjo organised a referendum to demolish the two state Federation Southern Cameroonians voted to join in flagrant disrespect of the spirit and letter of the then Federal Constitution. This is faulty. It was Southern Cameroonians who voted to join a union based on two state federation with equal status. You cannot organise a referendum and asked French Cameroonians who had nothing to do with 11th Feb vote to vote if the status of the Union should be changed. President Ahidjo used his Majority of French Cameroon to crush the Federation. The vote should have been left for Southern Cameroonians only to decide. However, it was still against article 47 of the federal constitution, which protects the status of the Union.

12. What was the last thing Foncha did before dying?

Before his death, Foncha signed the London Communique that declared the reasonable time granted Cameroun to negotiate itself out of the Southern Cameroons based on the Buea Peace Initiative. While addressing everyone at Mount Mary on his return from the UN trip, he expanded on the deceit and manipulation masterminded by the world designed to ursurp Southern Cameroons  sovereignty. Foncha then apologized to the people of Southern Cameroon and begged for their forgiveness.

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Answers provided by: Ashu Hailshammy, LLB , UB

Southern Cameroons Activist. Former University of Buea Students' Union President.

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20th May: Simple Questions, Simple Anwsers

1. Which category of people voted to join French Cameroon in 11th Feb 1961? Southern Cameroonians voted willfully

2. Did the plebiscite vote legalised the Union with French Cameroon?
No, it was just an expression the people of Southern Cameroons made to join French Cameroon. The legality was supposed to be followed by a series of statutes, according to UN Charter to formalised the Union.

3. Were those statutes formalised? NO, Never.

4. What about Foumban conference? Foumban conference was a gentlemen meeting to agree on the terms of the Union, which were never ever implemented even though the Union was faulty.

5. Did Foncha had the authourity to represent the Southern Cameroons delegation at Foumban? No, he never had the authourity because foreign affairs was not under his jurisdiction. Britain sold the people of Southern Cameroons out.

6. What happened then on 20th May 1972?
On 20th May, President Ahidjo organised a referendum to demolish the two state Federation Southern Cameroonians voted to join in flagrant disrespect of the spirit and letter of the then Federal Constitution.

7. But Cameroonians actually voted to leave Federation?
This is faulty. It was Southern Cameroonians who voted to join a union based on two state federation with equal status. You cannot organise a referendum and asked French Cameroonians who had nothing to do with 11th Feb vote to vote if the status of the Union should be changed. President Ahidjo used his Majority of French Cameroon to crush the Federation. The vote should have been left for Southern Cameroonians only to decide. However, it was still against article 47 of the federal constitution, which protects status of the Union.

8. What could be the way forward? The way forward is only by doing the right thing. Stop celebrating illegal dates. The Biya regime should heed to the call of the lawyers.Invite all parties on the table to map a way forward for the country in line with the reasons why Southern Cameroons voted to join.This will entail making sure the Union is formal and give room through a referendum for Southern Cameroonians to decide their faith. President Biya himself did promise many years back in France to call for a referendum concerning the Southern Cameroons question.

God Bless Southern Cameroons.
God is still saying something

UNITED NATION CALL: THE NEED FOR A MANDELA DAY

United Nation Call: The need for a Mandela Day.

First Published 2nd September 2008, Re-publish now to ignite the call

In today’s contemporary world, every day is a specialized day set aside either by the United Nations or state government to commemorate or celebrate a particular event that touches on the Human Society. Nations in the quest for protecting human society adopted treaties that guarantee the welfare of their citizens. In light with this, lately in Africa, we have seen and observed days like the Africa child day in remembrance of the Soweto Massacre, which reminds our leaders the need to shun violence and advocate for peace; world environmental day which focuses on waste management that has been identified as one of the major causes of pollution by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere; Global week against gun violence which calls for the attention of the public against the proliferation of guns, small arms and light weapons; women day, which brings to mind the role and rights of women in society off course in Cameroon this day has  been catastrophic considering the attitudes which most women usually engage to during such days; labour day, which brings to mind the rights of a worker and the quest to fulfill better working condition. off course this is  another  avenue for reckless drinking, eating and speeches which do not change year after year, workers even care the less about improving their welfare for once the government, companies or the employer provides few drinks on such days, the rest is history; world malaria day; world breast feeding day; world HIV/AIDS day and so on and so forth.

    It has been realized that most of this celebration goes on year after year and day after day with the same policies and promises made and adopted but never executed. It has come to be an avenue for reckless spending and an opportunity for government officials to siphoned state money into their private account. Africans find themselves celebrating most of these days institionalised by the west, but it is high time Africans sit up and institutionalsed a day that can be celebrated all over the world as a MANDELA DAY because this gentleman did a lot not only to blacks but to the whites, preaching for national unity and reconciliation, he is an epitome of justice and freedom in our society. Celebrating his birthday is not enough, there is need to go beyond that.

    It is however important for us to recapitulate the struggle in which this gentleman Nelson Mandela fought together with others. Mandela is a living legend and a global icon in which Africans and the world over respect and venerate. Born on the 18th /july/1918, he destined his life to fight for freedom for his country and his actions had influence decisions in many other countries. He was a man of Humility, commitment, pragmatism, principles, generosity, conviction, perseverance and sacrifice. In 1961 in a letter he addressed, he said “I shall fight the government side by side with you, inch by inch and mile by mile until victory is won … for my part, I have made my choice. I will not leave South Africa nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days”. Mandela was a militant, a symbol and a politician that works successfully throughout these stages. As a militant he led useful strikes and boycott that created an impact on the life of South Africa; as a symbol he defended the cause for freedom and as a political leader, he came out of prison to the presidency and retired honourably, principled as always but with pragmatism and compromise to bring all the fractions of ANC together without a feeling of revenge.

I think a lot of write-up has been written about this great leader, the father of fathers, the democratic and freedom guru of our time. What can be done for this great man? Even after he leaving this sinful world, a day should be institutionalize and called a MANDELA DAY in which Africans and the world over can celebrate while remembering the need for a free and responsible society within the rubric of democracy, Where leaders can examine themselves and institutions of the country to see whether it meets the aspiration of the people and whether the basic fundamentals of freedom are being respected and implemented. It would also be a day for the world to say no to racism and violence. Such a day can begin with workshops and seminars to drill the youths. Awards carrying the symbol of Mandela can be given to African leaders on the principles of Mandelalisation for this will serve as an opportunity for African leaders/youths to always have the inner feelings to follow in his footsteps and ensure that there is freedom and social justice for all, for all men are born equal with equal inalienable rights.

    Mandela Day, here it comes

WITH OBAMANISM, ANGLOPHONE CAMEROONIANS SHOULD HOPE

First published on Cameroon newspapers on 10th November 2008. Was I right then? Am I right now? ......Read on

Martin Luther King Jr, delivering his speech on August 28th, 1963 at the national Mull in Washington, the civil right activist said “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed” We hold this truth to be self evident, that all men are created equal. Indeed the election of Barack Hussein Obama into the oval office had made that dream come true thus the minorities could also hope. By this election, Obama had inspired the world that minorities could also stand up one day and be something positive in their country and the Republic of Cameroon cannot be indifferent to this. The message and ideologies preached by Obama are not one of segregation but that of change, peace and most especially unity, reason why during his keynote address in 2004 democratic convention which open him up to the political sphere, he had this to say “Now even as I speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us – the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes, well I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America … there is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and African America – there is the United States of America"

His election into the oval office should serve as a source of inspiration to Cameroonians to rise above ethnic issues, to rise above social divides, to rise above linguistics divides, to rise above religious divides and above all try to be inclusive in what ever we do. But this can only happen in a country where there is democracy, justice, respect of human rights and freedom of the press. Yes we can, for history made us to understand that before Cameroon was divided between France and Britain, it was one and indivisible, but however this brought us today to what is known as Francophones and Anglophones, this alone made us two distinct people who decided to come together and be governed under the canopy Cameroon but some disgraceful politicians had been making derogatory statements that an Anglophone can never be a president in Cameroon. But of course Anglophones can only feel inclusive,  if the regime in place tries as much as possible to fix things, going back to the Federal system where indigenous can be governor, mayor, divisional officers, senior divisional officers where they are elected and can account for their actions rather than appointments where they satisfy just the person who appoint them. As in America, Obama, who belongs to the minority class could rise to the highest office because of good laws, better electoral system, freedom to practice in politics without fear so as in Cameroon if all these structures are put in place, Anglophones could also rise to the highest office.

It is high time Anglophone Cameroonians start hoping and working for that. Obama won equally because he did not present himself as an African – American Candidate because he knew where he found himself as a minority, but he presented himself as an American candidate who just happen to have a black colour, of course Anglophone Cameroonians could also present themselves as Cameroonians where they found themselves and get elected and while there could now bring change to where the forefathers originally wanted.

Obama victory has made us to understand that no conditions are  permanent and with everything being equal anglophones could assume that office (presidency) if we only have the judiciary separated from the whims and caprices of one man. Barrack Obama’s election as America’s first black president unleashed a renewed loved for the USA after years at dwindling goodwill thus US voters had blazed a trail that minority everywhere could follow, quoted one BBC reporter. Of course, there are a lot of potential Anglophone Cameroonians in this country who could present themselves as Cameroonians while appealing to the consciences of  both Francophone and Anglophones, this had worked during the 1992 presidential election when Ni John Fru Ndi an Anglophone Cameroonian won voted by both francophones and Anglophones if not that his victory was stolen reason why before the president of the supreme court read out the result, he proclaimed that his hands were tight, we all understood the meaning of this, thus  Fru Ndi did appealed to both francophone and Anglophone Cameroonians, this can be prevented from happening in 2011 presidential election, if we all as Cameroonians rise up for our rights and ensure that  ELECAM is at least put in place.

McCain ending his campaign in a concession speech said “In America, we never hide from history, we make history”. In Cameroon come 2011 presidential election, Anglophone Cameroon should not hide from history, we should make history, the likes of Joshua Osih in the SDF and many other potential Anglophones within the CPDM rank can begin preparing now, for Obama who started in 2004 is now today the president elect only after 4 years of hard work, we have just three years, things could still work. I therefore enjoined all Anglophone Cameroonians for God who sanctioned Barack Obama, an African American to be president might also sanctioned an Anglophone Cameroonian to Etoudi  Palace.
In God we trust

SCNC and Anglophone Lawyers: What have you?

Following the All Anglophone Lawyers Conference, which held in Bamenda on Saturday 9th May 2015, a lot of recommendations were made to the Government of Paul Biya amongst which the lawyers requested strongly for a return to the Federation. In their preamble, they mention a UN resolution which by itself carries a lot of ground. They had this to say "Mindful of the non-implementation of the United Nations General Assembly resolution 1608 (XV) of 21st April 1961 on the future of the trust territory of the Cameroons under the United Kingdom administration".

Reading through comments online, I think I am really disgusted at the lack of support some compatriots are showing to these lawyers. I do not care to know what drove these legal minds to do what they did, yes their jobs were threatened. And so what? Something must first of all pushed somebody  take decision. Before the SCNC or any other political groupings came up, it is because one aspect of their lives and that of a generation were threatened. Let us give the lawyers the benefits of the doubt to see if they meant what they said. At least they are standing for something. They are standing for something which will benefit the entire Southern Cameroons.

SCNC activists who do not support this move of the lawyers should just be quiet. They should go about doing things which would lead to the independence of Southern Cameroons as they craved for. Yes, the SCNC have legitimate claims and Southern Cameroons have a right to self determination. What has the SCNC been doing for 10 years now both home and abroad to see this dream a reality? The fight is not fought online with decrees and messages. Things should be seen to be done, especially on the home front to put the SCNC in the position of strength or any other groupings fighting for independence. The lawyers should be supported, at least the Cameroons would become better with the Federation.The Federation could be one big step to the route of independence so rather than lambasting those who stand for federation always, the SCNC should reserve their energy to take Southern Cameroons to that promise land. At the end of the day all works good for the people of Southern Cameroons.

I still strongly believe that, a united people of Southern Cameroons can easily get federation from La Republique. It is true that, the Government of Paul Biya sees federation as a means to lose the people of Southern Cameroons reason why the idea of the Federation is still anathema to La Republique.  Federation from most of my discussion is an open idea to most  Southern Cameroonians ( Anglophones). It is my understanding should AAC 1 and 2 held several years back continued pushing for a federation, we could have been there now and this should have been one big step to independence.

The argument that federation earlier failed the people of Southern Cameroons  and would fail again is very lame. We are in different times and facing different challenges. The people of Southern Cameroons are more exposed in such a way that, a far much better deal for a federation can be negotiated that guarantees the identity of Southern Cameroonians.

Let us yearn our support to the Anglophone lawyers in whatever form we could. We should judge them in 6 months time.

Long live the people of Southern Cameroons.

This is Mark Bara and I approved this message.
Done 11/5/2015