Southern Cameroons must stop dancing around the edges of truth. We must stop decorating our chains. We must stop believing that a French Cameroun politician can save us from a French Cameroun system built to crush us. It is time to face reality: freedom will not come from Yaoundé. Freedom will not come from Tchiroma.
BY MOLA MONONO The Independentist contributor
It is time—long past time—for us to break free from the troubles these people have heaped upon us. For decades, we have walked under the weight of deception, intimidation, and carefully packaged lies sold to us as “national unity.” The truth is simple: we have tolerated their oppressive policies for far too long, and it is morally unacceptable to continue doing so.
Today, some of our own brothers and sisters are being seduced into believing that Issa Tchiroma is somehow a better choice for us. That illusion is dangerous. Tchiroma waves English phrases like a flag and points to his children as “Anglophones,” hoping we will mistake cosmetic friendliness for genuine justice. But we must be vigilant. Speaking English does not erase oppression. Speaking English does not annul history. Speaking English does not create a legal union where none exists.
And that is the heart of the matter: the issue is not who rules La République du Cameroun. The issue is that we have no binding legal agreement that places Southern Cameroons inside La République du Cameroun in the first place. There is no treaty. No ratified union. No constitutional bridge. No legal foundation. Only force. Only imposition. Only a military occupation disguised as “nationhood.”
From the moment the British walked away in betrayal, La République du Cameroun moved in with gendarmes, police, soldiers, administrators, tax agents, and foreign courts. They came not as partners but as conquerors. They came to dominate, not to unite. And for sixty-plus years they have subjected Southern Cameroonians to torture, bribery, corruption, humiliation, and dispossession.
Look at the land question—a test that exposes every lie they tell. Where has La République ever given Southern Cameroonians land as of righ Where have they empowered our people to own the land their grandparents tilled? Where have they created structures like CDC to serve our people, not exploit them?
The very land that built the CDC—our cocoa, our banana, our palm—has been taken, sold, mortgaged, redistributed, and privatized without the consent of the people who rightfully own it. Southern Cameroonians have become strangers on ancestral soil. So let us think critically—because our survival depends on it.
This is not about replacing Biya with Tchiroma. This is not about rotating the face that occupies Etoudi. This is not about choosing a kinder jailer. This is about restoring our dignity. This is about reclaiming our land. This is about resurrecting our laws, our institutions, our heritage, our pride. This is about our God-given right to exist as a free and sovereign people.
Southern Cameroons must stop dancing around the edges of truth. We must stop decorating our chains. We must stop believing that a French Cameroun politician can save us from a French Cameroun system built to crush us. It is time to face reality: freedom will not come from Yaoundé. Freedom will not come from Tchiroma. Freedom will not come from those who profit from our pain. Freedom will come from us—when we decide that enough is enough.
Mola Monono
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