Unification_Day_(Cameroon)

Unification Day (Cameroon)

Unification Day (Cameroon)

Public holiday in Cameroon

Unification Day (French: Journée de l'unification) is a public holiday in Cameroon. It celebrates the anniversary of a plebiscite held on 1 October 1961 in British Cameroon, in which voters in the Southern Cameroons voted to unite with French Cameroon.[1] British Cameroon and French Cameroon had been mandate territories created from the division of Kamerun, a German colony forfeited to the Allies after Germany's defeat in World War I.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Diane Cook (2 September 2014). Cameroon. Mason Crest. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4222-9434-5.
  2. [2]
    DeLancey, Mark W.; DeLancey, Mark Dike (2000). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0810837751.


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