Cameroonian independence movement

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The Cameroonian independence movement was a mid-20th-century nationalist struggle that sought to end colonial rule and establish a sovereign state of Cameroon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf independence movement ⓘ
abbreviation UPC ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
goal creation of a sovereign Cameroonian state ⓘ
end of colonial rule in Cameroon ⓘ
independence of Cameroon ⓘ
historicalContext decolonization of Africa ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
Cameroonian nationalism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
influencedBy other African independence movements ⓘ
pan-Africanism ⓘ
languageOfMobilization French ⓘ
local Cameroonian languages ⓘ
legacy controversy over state repression in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
shaping of modern Cameroonian nationalism ⓘ
mainOrganization Union des Populations du Cameroun ⓘ
method armed struggle ⓘ
political mobilization ⓘ
rural guerrilla warfare ⓘ
trade union activism ⓘ
notableLeader Ernest Ouandié ⓘ
Félix-Roland Moumié ⓘ
Ruben Um Nyobè ⓘ
opposedTo British colonial rule in Cameroon ⓘ
French colonial rule in Cameroon ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
relatedEvent independence of British Southern Cameroons by joining Cameroon in 1961 ⓘ
independence of French Cameroon on 1 January 1960 ⓘ
result continued conflict between UPC militants and postcolonial state ⓘ
formal independence of Cameroon ⓘ
significantEvent armed uprising in French Cameroon in the 1950s ⓘ
assassination of Félix-Roland Moumié in 1960 ⓘ
assassination of Ruben Um Nyobè in 1958 ⓘ
founding of the Union des Populations du Cameroun in 1948 ⓘ
outlawing of the UPC by French authorities in 1955 ⓘ
startDate 1940s ⓘ
territorialContext British Cameroons ⓘ
French Cameroon ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers → associatedWith → Cameroonian independence movement ⓘ
Ahmadou Ahidjo → movement → Cameroonian independence movement ⓘ
French colonial wars → hasPart → Cameroonian Independence War ⓘ
linked to: Cameroonian independence movement