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May 20 does not resolve the question of Southern Cameroons. It exposes it. And the more it is performed without consent, the clearer that exposure becomes. For in the end, nations are not held together by ceremonies, but by legitimacy. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News History does not merely remember dates. It
Letter to the editor Dear Editor, Recent public events involving Paul Biya and Pope Leo XIV have reignited discussion about language and representation in Cameroon. Much of that discussion has focused on bilingualism—its promises, its shortcomings, and its uneven application. While these concerns are valid, they risk obscuring a more fundamental issue. The central question
Negotiation without legitimacy is theater. Dialogue without consent is imposition. Elections without participation are performance. And power without legitimacy—no matter how long it endures—remains fundamentally negotiable, but not on its own terms. History has settled that argument already. By Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News A Crisis Beyond Misunderstanding History is unforgiving to illusions.
Professor Willibroad Dze-Ngwa, your letter calls for peace. That objective is not in dispute. What is in dispute is the structure through which that peace is pursued. Because peace is not determined by intention. It is determined by process. By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News Professor Willibroad Dze-Ngwa, your recent open letter—issued in
An Open Letter to His Excellency President Paul Biya and the Leadership of Anglophone Movements, Following the Apostolic Visit of His Holiness Pope XIV to Cameroon: A Call for Reciprocal Concessions and Inclusive Dialogue Your Excellency,Distinguished Leaders of the Anglophone Movements, I write with deep respect and a shared sense of urgency to all parties
For Ambazonians—and for the international community observing—the responsibility now is not to react to the imagery, but to interrogate the process. Is this pathway leading toward a just resolution? Or is it engineering the conditions for a prolonged, managed conflict? By Timothy Enongene Guest Editor-in-Chief The Independentist News In moments of conflict, power does not
Revisiting The Bafut Beagles today is not simply an exercise in nostalgia. It is an opportunity to reflect on how worlds meet, interpret, and reshape one another. In one forgotten pair of spectacles, Durrell captured a universal truth: what we see depends not only on our eyes—but on the stories we bring to what is
The question now is whether that truth will remain a statement—or become a process. Because if dialogue is necessary, then its absence is no longer procedural. It is consequential. And in conflicts of this scale, consequences do not disappear. They accumulate—politically, morally, and historically. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief, The Independentist News There are moments
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THE AMBAZONIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: How the enemy uses fear as a weapon and why Unity should be the defence.
Those who spread panic without proof weaken the very struggle they claim to defend. And whether they know it or not, they serve the enemy. This is the line. Stand firm, or fall divided. History will record which choice was made. By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentist news The battlefield has shifted. The enemy