Brief History of the National day in
Cameroon:
On the 20th of May 1972, in a national referendum Cameroonians
voted for a unitary state as opposed to the existing federal state.
The United Nations Trust Territory
known as French Cameroun achieved independence from
France on 1 January 1960, and British Southern Cameroons changed status from a
Trusteeship under British administration to a federated state
within Cameroon on 1 October 1961. The government chose 20 May as Cameroon's
National Day to commemorate President Ahmadou Ahidjo's
abolishment of the federal system of government in favor of a unitary
country in 1972.
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