boulotman.inc :
Cameroon has always been one country, long before the Portuguese explorers arrived and before German colonial rule. After Germany lost its colonies following World War I, the League of Nations decided to split Cameroon between France and Britain.
Britain administered a smaller portion of Cameroon and attached it to Nigeria for administrative convenience since they were neighbors and it was easier to govern. However, that does not mean we were part of Nigeria before then. We were never Nigerians. At independence, the people of British Cameroon were given a choice: stay with Nigeria or reunite with Cameroon. We decided to join back our brothers and sisters in Cameroon. I repeat: we came back to Cameroon.
By the time of reunification, the French-administered part had adopted French as its main language, while we spoke English and had also adopted some Nigerian influences because of our years under British administration. But we remained one people.
Today, some ignorant people make posts trying to divide us, but Cameroon is not a "French Cameroon" and an "English Cameroon." We are one country with ten regions: North West, South West, Littoral, West, and the others. Every region has people who speak English, French, or both. Even the North West and South West now have many French speakers.
We have always been one people and will always be one people. At one point, only about 15% of Cameroonians spoke English while around 85% spoke French. Today, those numbers are changing, and it feels closer to 35% English and 65% French because of greater integration and interaction between our communities.
Cameroon is one nation, one people, with two official languages. Our diversity should unite us, not divide us. We are not 2 different people, we are one with adoption of other external cultures influenced by other external nations similar to us. It’s now our flex.
2026-06-22 11:18:46