What is Anglophone nationalism in Cameroon?
{{no sources|date=March 2024}} [[File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg|thumb|[[Flag of Ambazonia]], a breakaway state composed of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.]] '''Anglophone nationalism in Cameroon''' is a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] movement in the [[Northwest Region (Cameroon)|Northwest]] and [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest]] regions of [[Cameroon]]. It wants greater [[autonomy]] for those regions, if not outright [[independence]]. It tries to preserve and promote [[English-speaking world|English-speaking]] Cameroon's distinctive identity and values. Its [[Law|legal]], administrative, [[Education|educational]] and [[Culture|cultural]] institutions were left by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[colonialism]]. == Rise of Anglophone nationalism in Cameroon == On 1 September 1961, the Franco-Cameroonian parliament voted in favour of the new constitution. It was essentially the version for the Foumban conference, drafted beforehand by [[Ahmadou Ahidjo|Ahidjo]] and his French advisers. To be binding under [[international law]], it should also have been voted on by the parliament of the [[Southern Cameroons]]. This did not happen. The absence of intergovernmental agreement and compromise is cited by pro-independence representatives of [[Ambazonia]] as a key feature of the illegality of the union. Another concern mentioned is that the federal constitution gives the impression that former French Cameroon has taken over Southern Cameroons. The French president at the time, [[Georges Pompidou]], referred to Southern Cameroons as a small gift from the [[List of English monarchs|Queen of England]] to France. Contrary to the [[United Nations General Assembly]]'s binding resolution 1514 (XV) of December 14, 1960, on the granting of independence to all colonial peoples and countries, [[United Kingdom|Britain]] transferred Southern Cameroons to the sovereignty of a foreign country, French Cameroon, and not to the government of Southern Cameroons, as required by [[internatio