Succession in Cameroon during the period of colonisation was administered under dual juridical and judicial legal systems, which were distinctively independent. Under traditional jurisdiction, customary laws and customs were applicable to the native populations referred to as "indigenes". On the other hand, civil law, considered as "modern law," was applicable to Europeans and assimilated people. The two independent civil statutes were abolished after independence; meanwhile the dual juridical and judicial systems continued to apply. In the absence of a precise criterium of which law to apply, judges sometimes resorted to use both civil and customary laws in adjudicating certain matters. A cursory glance at case-law shows a prioritisation of civil law principles in exclusion of customary law rules in a domain where religious and social considerations are still very strong. This has resulted in the mutilation of the whole concept of succession as perceived by the African Negro and total disorder within the family milieu. This paper seeks to draw attention to the sources of African law of succession, in a bid to reconstitute its foundations and values. One observes that certain of its aspects were more developed than in the Civil Code. Proof of their value can be seen in recent legislative reforms in some European states. Further to that, some international legal instruments have incorporated some of its ideas and concepts which had, before now, been considered repugnant.