protectorate · West Africa
Kamerun
Origins
On 12 July 1884 the Duala kings Bell and Akwa signed a treaty with German agents, and Gustav Nachtigal raised the German flag at the Duala kingdoms days later. From the coast German forces pushed inland over the next twenty years, defeating resistance from peoples such as the Bulu and from Fulbe lamidates like Ngaoundere, until the colony reached Lake Chad.
Rule and society
German rule depended on concession companies and plantations on the slopes of Mount Cameroon, worked by forced and recruited labour; the governor Jesko von Puttkamer (1895-1907) was notorious for abuses. The seat of government moved between Duala and Buea, on the cooler slopes of Mount Cameroon. After the Agadir crisis of 1911 France ceded large territories, called Neukamerun, from French Equatorial Africa.
Decline and legacy
In 1914 the Germans hanged Rudolf Duala Manga Bell for resisting land expropriation. British and French forces conquered Kamerun in 1914-1916, and it was divided into French Cameroon and the British Cameroons.
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- Duala kingdoms was a protectorate of Kamerun1884 CE – 1916 CE
- Kamerun was a protectorate of German Empire1884 CE – 1916 CE
- Bali-Nyonga was a protectorate of Kamerun1891 CE – 1916 CE
- Adamawa Emirate was part of Kamerun1901 CE – 1916 CE
- Lamidate of Ngaoundere was conquered by Kamerun1901 CE
- Dikwa Emirate was a protectorate of Kamerun1902 CE – 1916 CE
- Mandara Kingdom was a protectorate of Kamerun1902 CE – 1916 CE
- Kingdom of Bamum was a protectorate of Kamerun1902 CE – 1916 CE
- Kingdom of Nso was a protectorate of Kamerun1902 CE – 1916 CE
- Kingdom of Bafut was conquered by Kamerun1907 CE
- British Cameroons split from Kamerun1916 CE – 1922 CE
- Kamerun was conquered by British Empire1916 CE
- French Cameroon split from Kamerun1916 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kamerun. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kamerun
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