We must not repeat the errors of 1961. Our forefathers entered cohabitation with French Cameroun as equals, but that agreement was betrayed. Southern Cameroons was illegally reduced from a sovereign state to “regions” under French rule.
By Shey Lewis, Independent Contributor
He or she who controls your mind controls your destiny.
The psychological warfare against the people of Southern Cameroons is real. If you are not mentally strong, you risk abandoning the fight for justice, freedom, and the total restoration of our stolen statehood.
French Cameroun obtained its conditional independence from France on 1 January 1960, without Southern Cameroons.
Southern Cameroons, in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolutions 1514 and 1608 (XV), achieved its own independence on 1 October 1961.
There has never been any legal Union Treaty binding the two Cameroons — they remain distinct and divisible entities under international law.
Today, the atrocities on our land — kidnappings, lootings, maimings, rape, scorched-earth campaigns, and indiscriminate killings — are largely carried out by French Cameroun’s BIR units and proxy militias disguised as civilians. Their goal is to divide, discourage, and demoralize Southern Cameroonians from pursuing Reclamation and Recognition of our stolen sovereignty.
This strategy is not new. It follows the old French imperial method — domination through manipulation and destruction. But remember: a king or queen is never respected in a foreign land. We will never earn genuine respect until we regain our full sovereignty.
Over 64 years of occupation, French Cameroun has systematically dismantled Southern Cameroons’ once-thriving institutions — PowerCam, Marketing Board, Ombe Training Centre, Wada Park, Highways Construction Company, Victoria Deep Sea Port, Tiko and Bafut Airports, and recently, Amity Bank, founded by Southern Cameroonians. These were not random losses; they were deliberate acts of economic erasure.
If you are a Southern Cameroonian and not standing for the Reclamation and Recognition of our statehood, you are missing your moment in history. To seek belonging under French occupation — a quasi-state still controlled by France — is to accept voluntary slavery.
Since the 1959 French Cooperation Agreement, France has retained perpetual control over French Cameroun’s political, economic, and military systems. This means no matter who leads — whether Paul Biya or Issa Chiroma — the colonial structure remains unchanged. The system is fixed.
We must not repeat the errors of 1961. Our forefathers entered cohabitation with French Cameroun as equals, but that agreement was betrayed. Southern Cameroons was illegally reduced from a sovereign state to “regions” under French rule. It is now our collective duty to correct that historic wrong.
Final Word:
Southern Cameroonians, at home and abroad, must steer clear of French Cameroun’s politics. Whether Biya or Chiroma, nothing will change under the French pact.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Shey Lewis
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