British Cameroons

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf territory
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:British_Mandate
Buea
gptkbp:area approximately 40,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital Buea
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:culturalHeritage art and crafts
traditional festivals
traditional music
gptkbp:culturalInfluence British_culture
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Anglophone community
gptkbp:currency gptkb:British_West_African_pound
gptkbp:demographics diverse ethnic groups
migration patterns
gptkbp:dissolved 1961
gptkbp:economicActivity fishing
gptkbp:economy agriculture
gptkbp:education British-style_education
gptkbp:electionYear decolonization process
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:environmentalImpact deforestation
gptkbp:established 1916
gptkbp:geographicalFeature West_Africa
gptkbp:governmentType Colonial administration
gptkbp:historicalFigures John_Ngu_Foncha
gptkbp:historicalLegacy bilingualism
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 1916-1961
oral traditions
Anglo-German_rivalry
gptkbp:historicalResearch colonial_archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:League_of_Nations_mandate
post-World_War_I_mandate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Cameroons
gptkbp:independence 1961
gptkbp:internationalClassification gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:internationalRelations post-colonial diplomacy
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor identity crisis
gptkbp:language gptkb:Pidgin_English
gptkbp:legacy political divisions
gptkbp:majorCity Limbe
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Bantu_peoples
gptkbp:naturalResources timber
gptkbp:notableEvent Referendum of 1961
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cameroon
gptkbp:politicalParty Cameroon_National_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:population approximately 1 million
gptkbp:predecessor German_Kamerun
gptkbp:reform Indirect rule
gptkbp:region Africa
gptkbp:socialResponsibility Anglophone crisis
gptkbp:socialStructure tribal affiliations
gptkbp:successor Southern Cameroons
gptkbp:transportation limited infrastructure