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- This article is about the historical German colony. For the modern nation, see Cameroon.
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916.
The first German trading post was founded in Douala in 1868 by the Hamburger shipping company Woermann. The protectorate was established during the "Scramble for Africa" by German explorer and imperialist Gustav Nachtigal. It was enlarged with Neukamerun in 1911 as part of the settlement of the Agadir Crisis, resolved by the treaty of Fez. It was conquered in 1916 by the Allies during World War I. Following Germany's defeat, the territory was divided into two League of Nations mandates (Class B) under the administration of Great Britain and France. French Cameroun and part of British Cameroons reunified in 1961 as Cameroon.
[edit] References
- DeLancey, Mark W., and DeLancey, Mark Dike (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
[edit] See also
History of Cameroon
