Washington Examiner
· collected 2026-09-03 · by Martin S. Mungwa
The article argues that the United States could benefit from a partnership with Ambazonia, a region in West Africa, due to its rich natural resources, economic potential, and strategic location. The author suggests that a peaceful and accountable Ambazonia could provide opportunities for cooperation in areas such as security, trade, and energy. According to historical records, the region was originally a United Nations Trust Territory under British administration before joining Cameroon in 1961, but nationalists argue that this union was based on a federal understanding that has since been changed into a centralized system. The author proposes examining the historical facts and constitutional consequences of the Ambazonia-Cameroon relationship to resolve the ongoing conflict and potential partnership with the US.
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Sometimes you simply change the vocabulary.
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you → change → vocabulary
A former political territory becomes two administrative regions.
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territory → become → ?
A constitutional conflict becomes an “Anglophone crisis.”
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conflict → become → ?
A question of consent becomes a problem of decentralization.
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question → become → decentralization
An unresolved political dispute becomes primarily a humanitarian disaster.
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dispute → become → ?
That, in my judgment, is part of what happened to the Former British Southern Cameroons, known as Ambazonia.
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what → happen → Ambazonia
The United States does not need another dependent client state in Africa; it needs reliable partners.
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it → need → partners
A peaceful, accountable Ambazonia could offer partnership in security, trade, energy, infrastructure, technology, agriculture, resilient supply chains, and responsibly developed strategic resources.
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Ambazonia → offer → security
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Ambazonia has it all: Oil and gas, critical minerals, and agricultural resources.
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Ambazonia → have → it
It possesses high per capita growth potential, an English-speaking population, and legal framework.
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It → possess → potential
It is strategically located with access to Port Victoria and Gulf of Guinea shipping lanes.
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It → locate → lanes
It has traceable supply chains.
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It → have → chains
The history helps explain why the conflict persists.
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conflict → help → ?
In the 1961 plebiscite, separate sovereign independence was not offered as a ballot option.
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independence → offer → option
Voters were asked whether they wished to achieve independence by joining Nigeria or by joining the already independent Republic of Cameroon.
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they → ask → Cameroon
The majority chose the latter.
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majority → choose → latter
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1608 then provided for termination of the trusteeship on Oct. 1, 1961, and called for discussions to finalize the arrangements.
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Resolution → provide → arrangements
Supporters of the present Cameroonian state treat the plebiscite and Resolution 1608 as the foundation of the union.
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Supporters → treat → union
Southern Cameroonian nationalists argue that the understanding was federal and that the later replacement of the federation with a centralized system changed the political bargain.
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replacement → argue → bargain
That disagreement deserves careful examination rather than reduction to language alone.
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disagreement → deserve → language
I approach the problem as an engineer.
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I → approach → engineer
When a system comes under stress, I ask what the original design required, what changed, and what safeguards existed.
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safeguards → come → what
Applied to 1961, two questions remain important: what protected the smaller political community, and how were fundamental constitutional changes to be reviewed?
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changes → apply → community
Those questions deserve serious historical and diplomatic examination.
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questions → deserve → examination
Its historical familiarity, diplomatic reach, and experience with negotiated settlements can support dialogue.
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familiarity → negotiate → dialogue
Northern Ireland is not a template, but it demonstrates the value of consent, respect for competing identities, and credible implementation.
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it → demonstrate → identities
The United Kingdom need not prescribe an outcome; it can help create conditions in which the parties discuss their central political questions peacefully.
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parties → prescribe → questions
The Ambazonia movement must also mature.
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movement → mature → ?
History alone will not build a state.
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History → build → state
A flag does not run a port.
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flag → run → port
Political freedom does not operate an electricity grid.
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freedom → operate → grid
A declaration of independence does not finance a government.
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declaration → finance → government
That is why I wrote “Ambazonia 2050 & Beyond.”
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I → write → Ambazonia
The argument must move from “Why should we be free?” to “What will we do with freedom?”
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we → move → freedom
I examine state readiness through five tests: constitutional legitimacy, administrative effectiveness, civilian protection, productive capacity, and external relations.
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I → examine → tests
A future Ambazonia that cannot pass those tests risks replacing one institutional failure with another.
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that → pass → another
The same discipline applies to economics.
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discipline → apply → economics
A country can possess juridical sovereignty while exporting raw value, importing finished value, and depending on external capital.
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country → possess → capital
Productive sovereignty asks: Who owns the productive source? Who controls capital and technology?
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Who → ask → capital
Who receives the recurring benefit?
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Who → receive → benefit
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