UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961

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The UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 were referendums held in British-administered Cameroon to determine whether its territories would join Nigeria or the already independent Republic of Cameroon, shaping the post-colonial borders of the region.

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UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations–supervised vote ⓘ
plebiscite ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
administeredBy British colonial administration ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
affected post-colonial borders of Cameroon ⓘ
post-colonial borders of Nigeria ⓘ
aimedTo decide between union with Nigeria or Cameroon ⓘ
determine political future of British Cameroons ⓘ
basedOn principle of self-determination of peoples ⓘ
country British Cameroons ⓘ
determined union of Northern Cameroons with Nigeria ⓘ
union of Southern Cameroons with Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
followedBy creation of a federal structure in Cameroon ⓘ
independence of Northern Cameroons as part of Nigeria ⓘ
independence of Southern Cameroons as part of Cameroon ⓘ
hasPart Northern Cameroons plebiscite ⓘ
linked to: Northern Cameroons

Southern Cameroons plebiscite ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

late colonial period in Africa ⓘ
languageContext English-speaking Southern Cameroons ⓘ
largely Muslim Northern Cameroons ⓘ
location British Cameroons ⓘ
Northern Cameroons ⓘ
Southern Cameroons ⓘ
linked to: Southern Cameroon

West Africa ⓘ
mainSubject self-determination ⓘ
territorial status of British Cameroons ⓘ
option joining the Federation of Nigeria ⓘ
joining the Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
organizer United Nations ⓘ
partOf decolonization of Africa ⓘ
decolonization of Cameroon ⓘ
pointInTime 1961 ⓘ
precededBy British mandate over Cameroons ⓘ
United Nations trusteeship over British Cameroons ⓘ
regulatedBy United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
resultedIn Northern Cameroons joining Nigeria ⓘ
Southern Cameroons joining Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
formation of the Federal Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
significantFor Anglophone regions of Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria–Cameroon border ⓘ
startTime 1961 ⓘ
supervisedBy United Nations ⓘ
typeOfElectoralSystem direct popular vote ⓘ
underMandateFrom League of Nations ⓘ
underTrusteeshipOf United Nations ⓘ
votingEligibility adult residents of British Cameroons ⓘ

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