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...Under a law passed by the French Assembly (under which France still maintains firm control over the West African colony's foreign affairs, defense and money matters), the Cameroons became something called a "State Under Trusteeship." Last week ambitious and outspoken Andre-Marie Mbida,.an ardently anti-Communist Cameroonian tribesman who once studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood, took over as Premier, with a Cabinet of whom eight out of nine are blacks. As his first official act, Mbida gave France's Overseas Minister a shiny new Cameroon medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRENCH CAMEROONS: Along the Trail | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

...white men cannot indefinitely rule Black Africa's 25 million natives in the old way. And they have had warning. Last May Day, Communist-led nationalists touched off weeks-long rioting in the Cameroons; their exiled leader Um Nhobe is already claiming the title of "The Cameroonian Ho Chi Minh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Black Partner | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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