52 years of roses and thorns

By Noela EBOB BISONG The debate is rife amongst proponents of the unitary state and other schools of thought as to the merits of the “dream vision” earmarked in the 70s by Cameroon’s first president, Amadou Ahidjo, Prime Minister of the then West Cameroon John Ngu Foncha and the rest of the team. History has it that the United Nations Trust Territory known as French Cameroun achieved independence from France on January 1, 1960, and British Southern Cameroons changed status from a Trusteeship under British administration to a federated state within Cameroon on October 1, 1961. In a national referendum…