British Cameroon

British Cameroon
1916–1961
Anthem: God Save the King (1916–1952)
God Save the Queen (1952–1961)
Location of Cameroon
StatusMandate of the United Kingdom
CapitalBuea
Common languagesEnglish (official)
Duala, Oroko, Grassfields, Fula, Kanuri widely spoken
Religion
Christianity (southern area)
Islam (northern area)
Historical eraWorld War I
• Kamerun partitioned
20 July 1916
• Integration into Nigeria and Cameroon
1 October 1961
Area
• Total
89,526 km2 (34,566 sq mi)
CurrencyBritish West Africa pound
ISO 3166 codeCM
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kamerun
Federation of Nigeria
Cameroon
Today part ofCameroon
Nigeria

British Cameroon or the British Cameroons was a British mandate territory in British West Africa, formed of the Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons. Today, the Northern Cameroons forms parts of the Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states of Nigeria,[1] while the Southern Cameroons forms part of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.[2]

  1. ^ El-Sudi, Ibrahim Tukur (2019-04-20). "The Nigerian States that Formed Parts of Northern Cameroons". PRNigeria News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ^ Njung, George N. (1 December 2019). "The British Cameroons Mandate Regime: The Roots of the Twenty-First-Century Political Crisis in Cameroon". The American Historical Review. 124 (5): 1715–1722. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhz1025.

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