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Ruben Um Nyobe

1913–1958 · 20th century

Ruben Um Nyobe was a Cameroonian nationalist and secretary-general of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon, founded in 1948. He demanded independence and the reunification of French and British Cameroon, and presented the case at the United Nations. After the party was banned in 1955 he led an armed revolt, and French forces killed him in 1958.

Ruben Um Nyobe — Image: Official Cameroonian photograph · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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French Cameroon

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ruben Um Nyobe. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ruben-um-nyobe
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