What does Yaoundé fear? It fears the truth about Ambazonia’s legal status. It fears the history that shows there was never a legitimate union. It fears the revelation of crimes committed over decades. It fears Ambazonian identity and the awakening of a people who refuse to disappear.
By Mankah Rosa Parks / The Independentist Political Desk
History is full of ironies. Napoleon Bonaparte — conqueror of continents, architect of modern Europe, commander of vast armies — carried a private terror throughout his life: agoraphobia, a fear of open or uncontrolled spaces. The man who reshaped Europe could not stand before an unlocked doorway.
Yet even that deeply human contradiction is mild compared to the public cowardice of La République du Cameroun, a state whose entire posture toward Ambazonia is rooted in fear, denial, and colonial panic. Where Napoleon feared a harmless open door, French Cameroon fears the open truth.
THE FOUNDATION OF FRENCH CAMEROON’S BEHAVIOUR IS FEAR
Napoleon’s fear hurt no one. French Cameroon’s fear has devastated communities, burned villages, erased families, and destabilized an entire region.
What does Yaoundé fear? It fears the truth about Ambazonia’s legal status. It fears the history that shows there was never a legitimate union. It fears the revelation of crimes committed over decades. It fears Ambazonian identity and the awakening of a people who refuse to disappear. It fears the open scrutiny of the international community.
This fear drives every massacre, every propaganda stunt, every staged dialogue, every manipulated election, every false declaration of “unity,” and every military atrocity. It is the fear of a trespasser who knows the rightful owner has returned.
NAPOLEON FEARED AN OPEN DOOR. PAUL BIYA FEARS OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.
The comparison is unavoidable. Napoleon trembled before an unlocked doorway. Paul Biya trembles before real negotiations. French Cameroon trembles at the idea of open mediation, free debate, or international supervision.
Ambazonia is prepared for negotiations. Prepared for mediation. Prepared for genuine dialogue under international oversight. Prepared for a peaceful, just, and transparent process.
French Cameroon is not prepared for any of this. It is not preparing for dialogue or reconciliation. It is preparing for French intervention — diplomatic, military, or covert — to rescue a collapsing colonial structure. Napoleon hid his fear privately. French Cameroon hides its fear behind Paris.
A REGIME UNABLE TO FACE THE DOOR OF HISTORY
France once depended on Napoleon to enforce its will across Europe. Today it depends on French Cameroon to preserve the final fragments of Francafrique. But the door of history is standing open, and Yaoundé refuses to walk through it. Behind that door lies accountability, transparency, justice, and self-determination. Behind that door lies the truth they cannot manipulate. Behind that door lies the Ambazonian future they cannot suppress. Behind that door lies the end of a decades-old colonial experiment. Ambazonia says: open the door, and let the world mediate. French Cameroon says: close the door, and call Paris.
AMBAZONIANS DO NOT FEAR THE OPEN SPACE OF FREEDOM
The oppressed walk boldly into the spaces the oppressor fears. Ambazonians — elders and youth, prisoners and refugees, defenders and civilians — have stared into the open space of history without blinking. We have survived the burning of villages, the destruction of livelihoods, forced displacement, political persecution, media silencing, and the deliberate attempts to erase our identity. Yet the people stand. The nation stands. The future stands. Fear never determines destiny — courage does.
THE REAL FEAR: AN OPEN DOOR TO AMBAZONIA’S FUTURE
Ambazonia possesses clarity: Clarity of law. Clarity of identity. Clarity of history. Clarity of purpose. Clarity of negotiation demands. Clarity of national destiny. French Cameroon possesses only fear: Fear of truth. Fear of international mediation. Fear of losing its colonial privileges. Fear of the people it has oppressed. Fear of a future it cannot control. Napoleon’s fear was human. French Cameroon’s fear is criminal.
THE FINAL WORD
The door of history is wide open. Ambazonia is ready to walk through it — with the world watching, with justice guiding the process, and with confidence in the legitimacy of its cause.
French Cameroon is frozen at the doorway, unable to step forward, waiting for France to intervene, unable to face the reality that the colonial era is ending. Napoleon feared an unlocked door. Yaoundé fears an unlocked future. Ambazonia does not. Ambazonia steps forward.
Mankah Rosa Parks
