Ambazonia has already crossed that line. The only remaining question is not if the world will acknowledge Ambazonia—but who will still be standing when it does. History is patient. Empires are not.
By Stephen Niba Fuh The Independentistnews contributor
Sometimes history moves slowly. Then one day, it moves all at once. This week, the people of Somaliland reminded the world of a simple truth many prefer to ignore: you cannot permanently silence a people who know who they are.
Somaliland did not wake up one morning and demand recognition. It spent decades building order where others expected chaos. It chose stability where war was predicted. It governed itself while the world looked away. And slowly—very slowly—the world began to notice. This matters for Ambazonia. Not because Ambazonia is copying Somaliland. But because Somaliland proves something powerful: recognition follows reality, not noise.
When a people refuse to disappear, when they organize themselves, protect their identity, and endure hardship without surrender, denial becomes harder to defend. At some point, pretending stops working. Southern Cameroons was never just a region asking for better treatment. It was a people with a clear historical and legal identity—placed under British administration, recognized by the United Nations, and later pushed into a false union that never respected consent.
The war did not create Ambazonia. The war exposed the lie of Cameroon. Those who say “Ambazonia can never be recognized” are not speaking facts. They are expressing fear. Fear that Africa’s forced colonial arrangements are cracking. Fear that once one truth is acknowledged, others will follow. They fear precedent. But history does not fear precedent. History creates it.
You cannot force badly shaped puzzle pieces together forever. No matter how much pressure you apply, the cracks will show. And eventually, the pieces separate. Recognition does not come because powerful countries suddenly become kind.
It comes when reality becomes impossible to deny.
Ambazonia has already crossed that line. The only remaining question is not if the world will acknowledge Ambazonia—but who will still be standing when it does. History is patient. Empires are not.
Stephen Niba Fuh The Independentistnews contributor
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