Compiled from Links By Justice Muluh Mbuh

(Teacher, Author, Activist)
Secretary General
Ambazonia People's Emancipation Council (APEC)
Washington, DC, USA on this day, March 25, 2005!

 

In Reaction to a posting on www.postwatchmagazine.com,

The Merits of the Federal Democratic Republic of Bimbia

By the Rt. Hon PP Nkwenti and Reverend J.C. Ngang

 

The Name Issue

Fon Gorji Dinka once said. “Southern Cameroonians have failed to name themselves so every Tom, Dick, Harry and (Janet) can give them a name." It was on the dire need to banish the borrowed name “Cameroon” from this contentious territory that the Fon dug into the history books and came up with the name AMBAZONIA - the zone beyond Ambas Bay which was itself taken from the word “Amba” a response of the Bota Islanders to the Portuguese sailors when they asked them: What is the name of those flaming mountains? The mountains in question were the Chariot of the Gods. Unfortunately while Ambas Bay exists in the records AMBAZONIA was never codified in International Law.

Bimbia is present in early International Law. King William of Bimbia executed the first International Treaties between Southern Cameroons and the International Community.

Bimbia was there ages before Southern Cameroons.

By Ntemfac Aloysius Nkong Nchwete Ofege

 

Ofege,

Good work for those coming up with this initiative, however late or timely--which is why this is now suspect, unless those coming up with a new name for Ambazonia Republic (Southern Cameroons) are of genuine spirit in the Ambazonia struggle.

For that we can question: 

1. the timeliness of this release. Have these people previously bought into the theory that Ambazonia ought to be christened and not be seen as part of mainland La Republique 'du' Cameroun? (La Republique)! If so, then good, because they may well pass for either confusionists now or outright saboteurs! I hope not, for in a cause where many have been credited with huge sums in their bank accounts for great betrayal jobs, I will not be wrong for suspecting every move by so-called "Southern Cameroonians," especially if they are shooting down the precedence set by the name Ambazonia Republic this soon!
2. What do these people have against the name Ambazonia?
3. Why use the name of an ethnic group for that of a country when indeed different kings and chief signed different treaties with different colonial masters for that matter?
4. The issue of International law is also important--as it also raises some questions, one of which is: while Bimbia goes in as first along the coast of--Ambas Bay?--how does that fit with the fact that the visitors first set foot but on Ambas Bay--Ambas-Zone (Ambazonia)?
5. Was the Bimbia Treaty for the peoples of Bimbia or for all of Bimbia's hinterlands? If so, does it leave out its Islands--Ambas Bay Islands?

Don't get me wrong, I am simply trying to show that while Bimbia exists in International Law and was indeed one of our first ever signed treaties, it does not make it good a name for our country for the questions asked above, more than Ambazonia does. And even more, Ambas Bay Colony existed with Bimbia as part of it and Victoria it’s Capital. How then do those coming up with this theory defend Bimbia over "The Hinterlands of Ambas Bay"?

Any way, it is a good debate that makes a distinctive nationality an imperative in the confusion and strangulating decayed polity of Camerounization and I will not be the first person to give it a bad name to hang it, certainly not in place of Cameroun! Any name is better than "Southern Cameroons' or Njanga Water Peopu (Cameroun)! Just by calling for a distinct identity, they have done a great job and if their spirits are genuine, their contributions towards freeing our country from Cameroun recolonization are greeted with joy! Camerounians can eat their varied colored 'Njanga' and remain true Camerounians, not us!

Justice M. Mbuh

IMPORTANT HISTORIC REFLECTION:

[Saker founded at Ambas Bay a colony of the freed Negroes who then left the island, the settlement being known as Victoria. Two years after this event the first German factory was established in the estuary by Messrs. Woermann of Hamburg. In 1870 the station at Bimbia was given up by the missionaries, but that at Akwa town continued to flourish, the Duala showing themselves eager to acquire education, while Saker reduced their language to writing].

http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CAMEROON.htm

 

SEVEN POINT SUMMARY:

1. Ambas, Amber--means fertile dark-brown soils, not land of cannibals!
2. Ambas is not the same name as 'Tierra Alta de Ambozes' who first set foot on Ambas Bay in 1699!
3. Mt. Fako is not Mt. Cameroon: The natives behind the Mt. call it "The native name for the highest part of the mountain is Mongo-ma-Lobah, but at the back or further inland, it is called Mokali-ma-Pako. The isolated peak near the bay, about five thousand feet high, is Mongo-m'Etindeh."
4. Ambas Bay and Ambas Bay Colony had international legal status close to becoming an independent country and it did include Bimbia as part of her 'national' Territory!
5. It is only logical that all the lands lying behind Ambas Bay as defined by international treaties separating them from Nigeria and Cameroun respectively should be called the Hinterlands of Ambas Bay! --Hence the name Ambazonia Republic! This name change should have happened as soon as Northern Cameroons went into union for absorption by Nigeria so as to prevent Cameroun proper from using her name as a tool to circumvent international law and annex "Ambazonia" illegally and forcefully.
6. The name 'Southern Cameroons' should have been banished from our vocabulary as soon as Northern Cameroons went into union with Nigeria. A clear indication that Cameroun was to use her real name to absorb us in violation of sovereign equality doctrine is that they had West Cameroon's government under check, they held us hostage and within six years abolished multipartism, and in another six years abolished our government altogether!
7. The use of the name 'Cameroon' to illegally and forcefully annex Ambazonia is as glaring as day light in the name-changing syndrome which Cameroun utilized against our sovereign will and rights; so too is it a necessity as it was equally a powerful tool to use Ambazonia as a distinct identity to counter Cameroun name-changing fever as a threat to our national security!

Back in 2001 an argument came up on "What's in a name"? Or put more succinctly, what is the meaning of a name? A name can be 'meaningful' only as much as it is used, contextually. In the case of Ambazonia, it is a good thing that elite of the territory has finally arrived in agreement that the territory needs a new name. But rather than go along with what initiated the struggle for independence from Cameroun, some would want to shoot down the name AMBAZONIA for simple reasons that do not serve the best usage and purpose of liberation.

Some want us to think that the name is tinted because it emanates from the name Tierra Alta de Ambozes, --a Portuguese slave trader in 1699 who visited the area. But Bay of Amboise has never been called Bay of Amboze! Why not? --If it is true that it was name after the slave trader, why avoid his name? Others think the name is another name for cannibals. But these are not true. The Island where Amboze first set foot was already being called Ambas Isle. It was also called Ambas because it was so fertile all one needed to do was throw grains and see them grow and bear a harvest in two to three weeks. Judging that various names have been given even to Mt. Cameroon, which we know is not the right name, how can we denigrate the name or any name without doing similar to the purpose for which it is been used?

In Webster's English Dictionary, the word Ambash has African origins relating to herbal plants; Amber is also linked to soils--dark brownish, rich soils; so it is even natural to consider Ambas as having to do with rich soils than 'cannibalism'! That is pretty scary, scare-monger or outright attempts at by-passing precedence or sabotage which actions would be inconsistent with accusations against our current illegal occupiers, Cameroun!

Or should we equally link the name Ambas of California, USA; Ambas of Pakistan; Ambas of Ethiopia; Ambas off France etc, etc, to Cannibalism?

Or should we accept that the name of Mount Fako is MT Cameroun? A look into the reality of the situation reveals that it is neither Mt. Cameroun nor Mt. Fako. The natives behind the Mt. call it "The native name for the highest part of the mountain is Mongo-ma-Lobah, but at the back or further inland, it is called Mokali-ma-Pako. The isolated peak near the bay, about five thousand feet high, is Mongo-m'Etindeh." Of course, Cameroun authorities would want it to be called Mt. Cameroon; Mt. Cameroun according to Ahidjo's Presidential decrees changing names in Ambazonia to suit Camerounization!

Others have admitted that Ambas Bay existed long before Bamboo but would prefer Bamboo to Ambazonia--The Hinterlands of Ambas Bay because are they charge, Bimbia is 'codified in international law' while Ambazonia is not! Come to think of it, international law emanates but from customary law--the practice of local peoples over time. Hence, even in this light, Ambas Bay surpasses any short of 'Chariot of Gods ' as a name for our country. Bimbia lies in the hinterlands of Ambas Bay; so too does Victoria; and so does Mr. Fako, or whatever name the locals call it. 'The Hinterlands' theory based on precedence set by Ambas Bay holds water, I suppose as far as liberating the territory from Cameroun goes.

Lastly, International Law is a product of domestic, local or Customary Law and so the practices, the customs of our inhabitants of The Hinterlands of Ambas Bay ought to be considered as also constituting international law when names are concerned, not just in terms of treaty significance. Therefore, as far as liberation goes, international law of Ambazonia in the modern era will be based on precedence set by Ambazonia Republic in challenging Cameroun Republic illegal annexation and name-changing syndrome way back in 1984/5. Even before SCAPO was ever born to accept 'legalism' which mainframe. True liberationist should stick with the name Ambazonia and avoid unnecessary arguments and distractions that only delay our freedom. After that, it is a possibility that a name-change could take place down the line. Besides, it was Ambazonia legalism, which others disregarded until SCAPO showed up, that took us far--making our exhaustion of domestic remedies a final thing, as well as igniting fire in the international arena in Washington DC, London, Abuja, Geneva and The Hague. That too is modern international law of our new country being made, is it not?

NOTE: There are over 150, 000 pages (should we discount those with Bay, etc,) of references on the internet which defend 'AMBAS/AMBER' as having to do with Bays, fertile soils, plains behind bays and mountains, metals and not cannibals!

Below are some of these references which would justify our current position that we should stay focused with the name Ambazonia which gave us reasons to belief that we could be free from Cameroun recolonization.

Justice M. Mbuh

[[The soil up here, about 2,500 feet above sea-level, though rock-laden is exceedingly rich, and the higher we go there is more bergamot, native indigo, with its under leaf dark blue, and lovely coleuses with red markings on their upper leaves, and crimson linings. I, as an ichthyologist, am in the wrong paradise. What a region this would be for a botanist!

The country is gloriously lovely if one could only see it for the rain and mist; but one only gets dim hints of its beauty when some cold draughts of wind come down from the great mountains and seem to push open the mist-veil as with spirit hands, and then in a minute let it fall together again. I do not expect to reach Buea within regulation time, but at 11.30 my men say “we close in,” and then, coming along a forested hill and down a ravine, we find ourselves facing a rushing river, wherein a squad of black soldiers are washing clothes, with the assistance of a squad of black ladies, with much uproar and sky-larking. I too think it best to wash here, standing in the river and swishing the mud out of my skirts; and then wading across to the other bank, I wring out my skirts. The ground on the further side of the river is cleared of bush, and only bears a heavy crop of balsam; a few steps onwards bring me in view of a corrugated iron-roofed, plank-sided house, in front of which, towards the great mountain which now towers up into the mist, is a low clearing with a quadrangle of native huts — the barracks]]. (Curled from the dairies of: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa]]

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1841: Expedition to Ambas Bay

A Narrative of the Expedition to the River Niger in 1841 by Captain William Allen, R.N. and T.R.H. Thompson, M.D., Surgeon, R.N. (London, 1848)

 

VOLUME II, CHAPTER IX Bay of Amboises (Ambas Bay)

The mountainous district, in which the Bay of Amboises is situated, was formerly called by the Portuguese, Tierra Alta de Ambozes, according to Mr. John Grazilhier, who made a voyage to Old Kalabar in 1699. The native name for the highest part of the mountain is Mongo-ma-Lobah, but at the back or further inland, it is called Mokali-ma-Pako. The isolated peak near the bay, about five thousand feet high, is Mongo-m'Etindeh. The summit of the principal mountain, rising thirteen thousand feet above the level of the sea, was often lighted up most brilliantly by the morning sun, while the deep shadows thrown across its base involved all the lower parts in gloom, hiding the deep ravines which furrow its rugged sides....

The complete narrative is available at:

http://home.planet.nl/~pbdavis/Niger2_09.htm

Mary H. Kingsley

Travels in West Africa

CHAPTER XVII. ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS.

Setting forth how the Voyager is minded to ascend the mountain called Mungo Mah Lobeh, or the Throne of Thunder, and in due course reaches Buea, situate thereon...

The soil up here, about 2,500 feet above sea-level, though rock-laden is exceedingly rich, and the higher we go there is more bergamot, native indigo, with its under leaf dark blue, and lovely coleuses with red markings on their upper leaves, and crimson linings. I, as an ichthyologist, am in the wrong paradise. What a region this would be for a botanist!

At 7.30 a heavy tornado comes rolling down upon us. Masses of indigo cloud with livid lightning flashing in the van, roll out from over the wall of the great crater above; then with that malevolence peculiar to the tornado it sees all the soldiers and their wives and children sitting happily in the barrack yard, howling in a minor key and beating their beloved tom-toms, so it comes and sits flump down on them with deluges of water, and sends its lightning running over the ground in livid streams of living death. Oh, they are nice things are tornadoes! I wonder what they will be like when we are up in their home; up atop of that precious wall? I had no idea Mungo was so steep. If I had — well, I am in for it now!

The Internet War rages on and on and on..... Until Ambazonia is FREE of La Republique du Cameroun illegal landlords! The right to self-determination is non-negotiable. It is inalienable. This right to sovereignty was bestowed on the Southern Cameroons as Mandated Territory of the UN Trust Territory with International legal rights. The Trusteeship Agreement and the General Assembly Declaration Granting Independence granted those rights to All Colonial and Other Territories. The failure to produce a National Constitution for a United Kamerun Federation (Confederation) " before October 1, 1961" as per the terms of UN Resolution 1608 of April 21, 1961, which approved the results of the said UN Plebiscite of February 11, 1961, constituted Material Breach of an International Treaty by Cameroun Republic, one of two parties in the Union. Consequently everything that has been done in the name of unity of Ambazonia and Cameroun Republic is now null and void ab initio - from July 1961 till date. Cameroun must be compelled to evacuate the Ambazonia national territory now and as peacefully as possible. A liberation war will only constitute a greater threat to the security of the entire Gulf of Guinea and the Sub-region.

 

CAMEROON

(GEOGRAPHY: CA #10 N, 8 E; high peaks; with 4 volcanic islands off the coast [Fernando Po with Clarence Harbor, Ilha da Princa [or Prince's Island], San Tome [or Saint Thomas], and Annobon)

(MISCELLANEOUS: the islands were once slave trading centers)

1858: Alfred Saker (of the English Baptist Ministry Society) establishes a settlement on Ambas Bay, which he names Victoria.

1860: Woermann and Company (Hamburg merchants and traders) establish the first German trade factory in the estuary on the coast.1861: 03: Richard Burton is appointed Consul at Fernando Po isle and explores the Cameroon mountains.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9853/History_Africa.html

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http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CAMEROON.htm

The struggles between the Bell (Mbeli) and Akwa families were also largely composed. In 1858, on the expulsion of the Baptists from Fernando P0 (q.v.), Saker founded at Ambas Bay a colony of the freed negroes who then left the island, the settlement being known as Victoria. Two years after this event the first German factory was established in the estuary by Messrs. Woermann of Hamburg. In 1870 the station at Bimbia was given up by the missionaries, but that at Akwa town continued to flourish, the Duala showing themselves eager to acquire education, while Saker reduced their language to writing. He left Cameroon in 1876, the year before George Grenfell, afterwards famous for his work on the Congo, came to the country, where he remained three years. Like the earlier missionaries he explored the adjacent districts, discovering the Sanaga in its lower course. Although British influence was powerful and the British consul for the Oil Rivers during this period exercised considerable authority over the native chiefs, requests made by them in particular by the Duala chiefs in 1882 for annexation by Great Britain, were refused or neglected, with the result that when Germany started on her quest to pick up inappropriate parts of the African coast she was enabled to secure Cameroon. A treaty with King Bell was negotiated by Dr Gustav Nachtigal, the signature of the king and the other chiefs being obtained at midnight on the 15th of July 1884. Five days later Mr. E. H. Hewett, British consul, arrived with a mission to annex the country to Great Britain. Though too late to secure King Bells territory, Mr. Hewett concluded treaties with all the neighboring chiefs, but the British government decided to recognize the German claim not only to Bell town, but to the whole Cameroon region. Some of the tribes, disappointed at not being taken over by Great Britain, refused to acknowledge German sovereignty. Their villages were bombarded and they were reduced to submission. The settlement of the English Baptists at Victoria, Ambas Bay, was at first excluded from the German protectorate, but in March 1887 an arrangement was made by which, while the private rights of the missionaries were maintained, the sovereignty of the settlement passed to Germany. The Baptist Society thereafter made over its missions, both at Ambas Bay and in the estuary, to the Basel Society.

?  Paul Dekar, Jamaican and British Baptists in West Africa, 1841-1888 - ... By contrast, the Baptists withdrew to Victoria at Ambas Bay. Three factors influenced this decision. First, disease had decimated the Jamaican and ... http://www.bwa-baptist-heritage.org/dek.htm

?  CAMEROON - LoveToKnow Article on CAMEROON - ... Victoria is a flourishing town in Ambas Bay, founded by the British ... Saker founded at Ambas Bay a colony of the freed negroes who then left the ... http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CAMEROON.htm

? Africa - ... 1858: Alfred Saker (of the English Baptist Ministry Society) establishes a settlement on Ambas Bay which he names Victoria. ...http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9853/History_Africa.html

?  ? LETTER TO THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1946 - ... Bwinga Ambas Bay Trading Company. 15. WAPV Bota, Tolle, & Molyko. 9818. Misselle. 2445. Bimbia and Mabetta. 4455. Moliwe Plantation ... http://www.bakwerilands.org/pdf/46letter.pdf

? Navis.gr - Ports of the World, [A] Page 1 of 2 - ... AMBAS BAY, CAMEROON, 04°00'N, 009°12'E. AMBILOBE BAY, MALAGASY REPUBLIC, 13°30'S, 048°00'E. AMBOINA, INDONESIA - MOLUCCAS, 03°42'S, 128°10'E ... http://www.navis.gr/portswld/ports_a.htm

? Travels in West Africa, by Mary H. Kingsley (chapter19) - ... is cleft in twain for a few minutes by some fierce down-draught of wind from the peak, and I get a strange, clear, sudden view right down to Ambas Bay. ...http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/k/kingsley/mary/west/chapter19.html [More results from etext.library.adelaide.edu.au]

? Africa - ... Ref#L1600 Click on image for larger view. L1600, ILN, Ambas Bay and Highlands/Surf Boat landing, b/w, 1873, 10"x14", 2, $85.00 ... http://www.brunias.com/africa2.html

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Restaurant and Catering Services - With its breathtaking view over Ambas Bay, the Hotspot Restaurant provides excellent African and European cuisine.http://www.mcbcclimbe.org/serv_cater.shtml [More results from www.mcbcclimbe.org]

CHAPTER 1 - ... A year latter he set up a station at Ambas Bay, on a piece of land bought from King William of Bimbia. Saker named the settlement Victoria, ...http://docs.indymedia.org/twiki/pub/Main/JusticeMbuh/ICCPC1.doc

? CONSOLIDATED TABLE OF CASES ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY - ... Ambas Bay Trading Company Limited v. German Government 4, 107. Ambatielos Claim (Greece v. United Kingdom) 23, 306, 24, 291. Ambatielos Claim (Greece v. ...http://assets.cambridge.org/052180/7786/excerpt/0521807786_excerpt.pdf

? Credit reports and annual accounts from UK Data Ltd - Wednesday ... - ... AMBAS BAY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) Registered No. 00027754 WALTON COURT STATION AVENUE, WALTON ON THAMES, SURREY, KT12 1UP, KT12 1UP ... http://www.ukdata.com/company-listings/Am-1.html

Limbe - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Limbe - ... Lying on Ambas Bay of the Gulf of Guinea and near Mount Cameroon, it is the second largest port in the country, after Douala, exporting from surrounding ... http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Limbe

? United States (Florida-Georgia): The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps ... - ... comun á las dos Floridas y de los territorios de ambas provincias adyacentes á el. ... This detailed map of Florida from Santa Rosa Bay to Apalachee Bay ... http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/usflorida.html

?  lesspress: The ecology of rocky shores and their response to ... - ... on rocky shores in the Bay of Biscay (northern Spain and western France). ... El tamaño de concha modal de ambas especies de lapas era más pequeño en ... http://www.lesspress.com/science/

?  The Franco-German Declaration of December 6th, 1938 (October 19 ... - ... December 11 The Minister for Foreign Affairs informs the French Ambas- sador in ... Immediately, he draws me towards the bay-windows of the great hall, ... http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/fyb/part_2.html

?  Protected area management in Jamaica. (+Français)(+Español) - ... and the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust has been given the mandate to manage ... y calificadas en aptitudes de ambas las ciencias naturales y sociales. ... http://www.csiwisepractices.org/?read=448

?  Genetic Diversity and Tests of the Hybrid Origin of the Endangered ... - ... Los datos genéticos indican que ambas poblaciones cultivadas, ... California, just north of the San Francisco Bay ( US Fish and Wildlife Service 1997; ... http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00098.x/enhancedabs/

?  Diocesan Digest - Development Office, Diocese of Oakland - ... ambas en la Diócesis de Oakland, Natalie conoce de primera mano el valor de ... the Tongan Catholic community is not a large community in the East Bay, ... http://www.giving-in-gratitude.org/digest_v10_3.htm

?  Artists 04-05.indd  - ... Brad’s books and compositions are published by Mel Bay, GSP, ... In addition, he made his Paris debut at a concert for United States Ambas- ...http://www.wuis.org/NR/rdonlyres/7D1BBAF8-5B9B-495A-9DE0-E7C1E12A8799/0/GuitarSociety0405.pdf

?  Genetic Diversity and Tests of the Hybrid Origin of the Endangered ... - ... tions near Bodega Bay, California. The total number of individuals in these two ... Los datos genéticos indican que ambas poblaciones cultivadas, ...http://www.earthscape.org/r2/scb/scb15_6/koj01/koj01.pdf

?  Spatiotemporal variation in the distribution of eel ( Anguilla spp ... - ... samples taken in Te Maari, Horokiwi, and Pigeon Bay Streams. during 1996–1998. ... cia de individuos 600 mm de longitud total de ambas especies ...http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/eff/2001/00000010/00000003/art00004

?  !MAX.February TEST - ... cerns a mild-mannered man who becomes US ambas- ... moved away from the Bay Area and then returned has told me that they are so grateful...http://www.maxonline.org/archive/maxreportpdf/Dec01MAXreport.pdf

Results - ... Remote Sensing of Land Use Change in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed LCLUC Abstract ... Abstract-AmBas-Laurance.pdf. Human and Physical Dimensions of Land...http://lcluc.umd.edu/products/results.asp?type=1

?  Geography of Ethiopia - ... hills or small plateaus, known as ambas, with nearly perpendicular sides. ... near the head of Taiura Bay; by the Webi Shebeli (Wabi Shebeyli) and Juba, ...http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/G/Ge/Geography_of_Ethiopia.htm

?  ACTIVITY 1 - Definition of ecological indicators of environmental ... - ... Assessment and comparison of the Marennes-Oléron Bay (France) and Carlingford Lough (Ireland) carrying capacity with ecosystem models. ... http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/gambas/activities/activ1.htm

Colonias de Pinguinos, alrededores de Punta Arenas - Chile - ... Ambas islas forman el Monumento Natural "Los Pingüinos", ... In front of Isla Magdalena can be seen the deep Bahía Gente Grande (Large People Bay), ... http://www.chileaustral.com/parenas/pinguinos.htm

? Part 1 - ... health of the Chesapeake Bay, the legislature had already established ... tated some of the student group discussions, acting sometimes as an ambas- ...http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/uc_part1_sg_curriculum.pdf

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• Cameroun - ... 1858 British colony at Ambas Bay (Victoria). ... Ambas Bay (Victoria). [Flag of the United Kingdom]. 1858 Victoria colony founded by British Baptist ...http://www.vdiest.nl/cameroun.htm
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• Cameroon - ... 1858 British colony at Ambas Bay (Victoria). 14 Jul 1884 German protectorate. 28 Mar 1887 Ambas Bay ceded to Germany by UK ...http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cameroon.html
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• Africa Index - ... Ambas Bay (Victoria colony); German Kamerun; British Cameroons; French Cameroun. Cameroon traditional states; Bamoun; Mandara. CAPE VERDE ...http://www.worldstatesmen.org/AFRICA.html [More results from www.worldstatesmen.org]
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• CAMNET archives -- February 2005 (#1828) - ... And even more, Ambas Bay Colony existed with Bimbia as part of it and Victoria its Capital. How then do those coming up with this theory defend Bimbia ... http://listserv.cnr.it/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0502&L=camnet&F=&S=&P=238652
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• CAMNET archives -- March 2005 (#749) - ... legal and ancestral affinities--from Ambas Bay Colony (1833/43) till date, we have always been a different people from Njanga water people! ...http://listserv.cnr.it/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0503&L=camnet&F=&S=&P=95626
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• The Bakassi Story - ... Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and Paul Marchand, ... Ambas Bay: Santa Lucia Bay; Coast between Natal and Delagoa Bay; Customs; ...http://www.dawodu.com/bakassi2.htm
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• The Bakassi Story - ... Ambas Bay: Santa Lucia Bay; Coast between Natal and Delagoa Bay; Customs; ... Declaration made by the Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria ...http://www.dawodu.com/bakassi3.htm
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• ambazonia.indymedia.org | Sat Mar 12 23:19:27 2005 - ... Douala (in Cameroun) and Victoria and Ambas Bay Colony in The Cameroons (Officially ... The British, with Victoria as Capital created Ambas Bay Colony, ...http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/959.shtml
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• 1946 Petition to Britain - ... LETTER TO THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1946 ... Bwinga Ambas Bay Trading Company, 15. WAPV Bota, Tolle, & Molyko, 9818. Misselle, 2445 ... http://www.bakwerilands.org/1946_petition.htm
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• LETTER TO THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1946 - ... Bwinga Ambas Bay Trading Company. 15. WAPV Bota, Tolle, & Molyko ... Colony or Protectorate. 2. Useless Waste Lands – Areas occupied by rocky barren ...http://www.bakwerilands.org/pdf/46letter.pdf

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?  bakwerirama: Books - ... particular issues of interest to the former British Southern Cameroons. ... and the British Trusteeship period until independence in 1961as part of the ...http://www.bakweri.org/books/

?  THE WORLD IN 1945 - ... Territories which by 1949 were under the United Nations Trusteeship System ... Map No. 4135 Rev. 1 United Nations. October 2004 ...http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/other/world45.pdf

?  MOST Ethno-Net publication: Africa at Crossroads - ... but with administering powers for the trusteeship coming from Africa or ... former British Trust Territory of Southern Cameroons with the Republic of ... http://www.ethnonet-africa.org/pubs/crossroadskale.htm

1. Territorial Disputes: ICJ ruled in 2002 on the entire Cameroon-Nigeria land and maritime boundary but the parties formed a Joint Border Commission to resolve differences bilaterally and have commenced with demarcation in less-contested sections of the boundary, starting in Lake Chad in the north; the ICF ruled on an equidistant settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, however, implementation of the decision is delayed due to imprecisely defined coordinates, the unresolved Bakassi allocation, and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; Nigeria initially rejected cession of the Bakassi Peninsula; Lake Chad Commission continues to urge signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over the lake region, which remains the site of armed clashes among local populations and militias.
2. The Republic of Ambazonia now wants separation and restoration of their sovereignty as distinct nation from Cameroun. The matter has been taken to all domestic and international courts--from Yaounde Cameroun Military Tribunal Case in 1986, Bamenda, Cameroun High Court in Ambazonia Vrs. Cameroun in 1990-1992, to International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1994, 1997-2003, Abuja, Nigeria High Court in 2002/3/4, Geneva Human Rights Court in 2001-Present, Banjul, Gambia, African Human Rights Court in 2004 to present, all cases to dispute Cameroun claims of union with Ambazonia!

ALUTA! ALUTA! ALUTA! CONTINUA!!!!

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!

 

Hi Mr Ndikum,
I have read your purported comprehensive response to Mr Mbuh but to me it does not appear comprehensive as alleged or at all.
You claim to have checked with Blaise and the Bamenda Court and the purported judgment was never delivered by the court nor does it exist.
This is not the point at all and you misread the issues involved.

Dear Dr Gumne, 

It is gratifying to read your disclaimer (on more than one occasion) that SCAPO is in no way associated with the invectives and wild ranting of the anti-Ambazonia SCYL gangsters. 

Everyone knows that Yaoundé detests Ambazonia simply because the name Ambazonia alone makes Biya guilty of external aggression which in turn makes Cameroon guilty of posing a serious threat to international peace and security. 

Why the AMBAZONIAN preventive diplomacy model should first be exhausted before anything else! We do not have POWER and POWER is what we will easily have from the standpoint of the Sovereign State of the Republic of AMBAZONIA.

We are peaceful law abiding people who know that there exist laws which when applied to our case, will immediately unravel the PERMANENT solution. The solution being what the law had originally intended for the people of Ambazonia [British Southern Cameroons] -self-government and ultimately independence. We know we are neither today. We also know that we have been obeying but the wrong laws which are designed not to serve out best elf-interest. If we as the people, the nation and the State of AMBAZONIA, were to support this very logical and very valid case for our independence, we would be doing three things at the same time: