6 ATLASES
History of Cameroon in maps
Cameroon as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: Cameroon, Kamerun. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Cameroon before it was Cameroon? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Cameroon · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kamerun (German) · WWI
| Germany and its allies — the Central Powers — the opening position | |
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories |
Cameroon · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cameroon · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cameroon · Decolonization of Africa
Cameroon became independent in January 1960. Most of it had been a French mandate, with a British portion, and the transfer can seem part of a peaceful French departure. But France fought a brutal, largely hidden war against the UPC nationalist insurgency into the 1960s, killing tens of thousands. An “orderly” transfer could conceal a suppressed war.
| French-ruled — the opening position | |
| Independent Africa |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cameroon · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Partial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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