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First posted in April 2002, Last revised on September 28th 2007







Cameroon since Independence

Cameroun 1939-1960 - French Mandate
Cameroun 1918-1939 - French Mandate

Kamerun 1884-1918 - German Colony

Cameroon prior to 1884
Adamawa . Bagirmi . Bornu


Historical Atlas : Cameroon Page








WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia
Article : Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Country Profile : Cameroon, from ISS
Links, General from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL
Category : Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Links, on History Category : History of Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Timelines from timelines.ws; from BBC News
Accounts of History from Wikipedia
'The World in Miniature': Cameroon in World History as seen through Documents, Film, Literature and Photographs, by Marc Gilbert
Encyclopedia Entries Article Vicariate Apostolic of Kamerun, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907
Articles Cameroon, from EB 1911
Article Kamerun, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Article Kamerun, from Brockhaus Konversationslexikon 1894-1896, in German
Politics Category : Politics of Cameroon, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Cameroon; For the Record : Cameroon, from UN Human Rights System
Governments on the WWW : Cameroon
Military Wars of Cameroon 1800-1999, from ACED
Economy & Finances Entry Cameroon, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor; Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Cameroon
Article Economy of Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Category : Economy of Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Coinage History of Cameroon, from African Coins and Tokens
Global Integrity : Cameroon 2007
Ethnography Category Languages of Cameroon, from Wikipedia
Languages of Cameroon (279), from Ethnologue
Worldwide Refugee Information : Cameroon, from U.S. Committee for Refugees
Cameroon : Bamileke, Kirdi, Westerners, from Minorities at Risk
Art and Life in Africa : Cameroon
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Cameroon
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Cameroon, from Kirken i Norge
History of Regions Provinces of Cameroon, from www.statoids.com
Departments of Cameroon, from www.statoids.com
History of Cities List of Cities in Cameroon, from Wikipedia
History of Douala, of Yaounde, from Wikipedia
Institutions Institutions in Cameroon, from Contemporary African Database
Cameroon, from Airline History
Biographies List of Cameroonians, from Wikipedia
Chinese Ambassadors to Cameroon, from PRC MOFA
African Women Bibliographic Database
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on Sub-Saharan Africa

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated); Political Leaders, from ZPC
Regnal Chronologies : Central Africa, scroll down for Douala; North Africa, click Bagirmi, Kanem-Bornu
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer)
Document Collections Deutscher Kolonialatlas und Illustriertes Jahrbuch (German Colonial Atlas and Illustrated Yearbook, an annual publication), years 1905-1909, 1913, 1914, 1918, posted by psm-data, both in the original German and in English translation, scroll down for "Deutscher Kolonialatlas"
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Cameroon, from ILO, 49 docs. since 1960
Information by Country : Cameroon, from U.S. Committee for Refugees 1 report from 2000
'The World in Miniature': Cameroon in World History as seen through Documents, Film, Literature and Photographs, by Marc Gilbert
The History of the Republic of Cameroon, from World History Archives
Online Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Cameroon, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Election Results from Psephos, since 1997; from IFES Election Guide, since 2002; from African Elections Database
Archives, Musea, Libraries Libraries in Cameroon, from LibDex
Museums in Cameroon, from International Council of African Museums
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthem, posted by National Athems Net
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Cameroon, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money, from World Currency Museum, from numismondo
Cameroonian coins from World Coin Gallery
Stamps Cameroon Stamps 1897-1921, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Others License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Postcards from Cameroon, by J.D. Niat
Airline Timetable Images : Cameroon

BIBLIOGRAPHY
On Africa, East Africa
General Histories Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.864-868 Article Western Africa : Cameroon. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29
Economic History Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Kamerun, pp.41-47
Historical Dictionaries Mark W. DeLancey and H. Mbella Mokeba, Historical Dictionary of Cameroon, Metuchen : Scarecrow 1991, 297 pp. [G]
Articles : Bamilekeland pp.60-62, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]