Cameroon's English-speaking minority angry over perceived domination of French language
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High tensions, demonstrations, deadly clashes with riot police - all because of language. It's happening in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon. The unrest began with lawyers protesting against the use of French in courts, soon followed by teachers who have been on strike ever since. They blame Cameroon's central government for imposing the domination of the French language. Our correspondents report.
A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Elom Marcel Toble.
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Speak your own African language...now that is an asset!
There is no such thing as an African language just like their isn't an Asian language
see but the thing is, there are hundreds of african languages spoken in cameroon. im cameroonian myself and my parents are from the same city in cameroon, yet, they speak two different african languages
@@dioperesson3209 Swahili is an African language and there a many others.
Zxuma this is why we as black people will never get anywhere. We have to stop with the separation regardless of language, sex, or creed. We just all have to come together and think about it which if we do, we will be a strong nation. We are all humans and we need to start respecting each other as such not the stupidity of starting violence because of language. Is just sad
@@unmea69l8er no it's not. It's a broken Arabic language
Why not teach and speak Cameroonian native language?
Not reallya thing
They are composed of different tribes, hence there is no such thing as a cameroonian language. They are either Anglophone (those who speak the English language) or Francophone (French language).
There are more than 200 ethnic languages mate which one should they choose?
Because they're all racists!😂
@@wale1755 it doesn't matter just CHOOSE ONE AND UNITE!!
Let us not get separated because of some European languages.
This is not about language but giving equal treatment to citizens....French system is very backwards. I'm not a Cameroonian but feel very bad for the Anglophone Cameroonian. Infact I had terrible experience at the airport ...all a attributed to francophone staffs .... sigh
Barbara, it is about language. Since the unequal treatment is doled out on the basis of language. I'm not sure why you online propagandists can't cope with the fact. #MHGA
It is very sad that Europeans have messed up Africa. We are dividing ourselves on either languages and/or religions that are not even ours. Africa wake up!!!
Ike's Lions Den why dont you use your own cameroonian language? Because you would have either more division since their is no common local language , european language is the most common language that keeps you in touch with the world
Ike's Lions Den the European language is about the only thing that unites african countries,
Because the English part of Cameroon supports the economy with its resources the Cameroonian government wouldn't leave the territory without a fight. But they are not ready to develop this region either. The people despair and lament at their conditions, and the government just like colonialists empty their resources. If a solution can't come to the table then separation is inevitable. The younger generation have become conscious, so its only a matter of time.
It takes way more than consciousness for such a thing to happen. You undisciplined online commenters keep sewing this seed in your rhetoric that you are incapable of nursing to germination. I suggest you study what happened in the Ivory Coast and then come to your senses.
I completely understand that you are frustrated but the route people like you profess will lead to extremely unpleasant consequences for all. #MHGA
sorry, read the next post.
Make Humanity Great Again either way, they want out.
Europe really messed up Africa
uche uchendu before Europe their was no written language
I agree this is crazy
uche uchendu yeah I live in Africa
LOL... yeah... it was Europe's fault.
Exactly.
I am here 4 years later, n tears still roll down my cheeks .
God help uz
"Let's try to make it bilingual..." Kids here can speak 8 different languages already. And that's because it's natural for them. You don't force people into learning a language (without authoritarian colonialism). While you try this social engineering people keep dying and feeling undermined. Let Ambazonia go!
To foreigners saying "let's not get separated because of European languages," neither English nor French are truly European languages anymore.The vast majority of French speakers live in Africa. English is the predominant language in at least one country on every continent and is the lingua franca of the entire world. And we are not just wanting more control because of language, we are also tired of Francophones imposing their educational and legal system upon us.
Not killing our brother, we desire peaceful separation or at least peaceful autonomy for the NorthWest and SouthWest provinces.
Ranger Nap do you support ambazonia?
Shyne Lily they’re not brothers, even if they are, brothers, mustn’t be forced to stay together.
Teach francophones that English is BY FAR MORE USEFUL AND BETTER TO SPEAK.
Exactly, English is far more useful than French.
Guys, i am from Liberia where we speak only English. I envy Cameroon for having a bilingual society. It is a blessing so please brothers let's find an amicable solution to the problem. On the other hand too, African leaders need to stop the killing of its citizens when they ask for their lives to be bettered. President Paul Biya is the longest serving African Leader in power now, correct me if i am wrong, he needs to be careful how he goes about responding to issues that concern minority group. These are signs that his time is nearing.
That will never happen because what if in Canada the French speaking minority were surpressed? They would be furious as well and want independence
This what i dont unterstand they is always wrong in africa
I know your Feelings
IS not the age who matter but the way hé handle issues❤🎉
The most high Yahweh bless he's people in southern Cameroon ambazonia and biafria in yahshua's mighty name. The biblical Hebrews by blood.
Cameroon's English-speaking minority angry over 'perceived' domination of French language..... what a title by a French News channel....lol. Anglophone Cameroon should have joined Nigeria after independence from colonial rule.
Now English is more important than French, Foreign company, as Chinese, Japanese investors used English to do business . In the future French language speaking may be sunset .
English speaking must be exactly more opportunities to find jobs than French speaking .
"No whites were harmed during the filming"
Just a European comment
lol
the problem is not language. the problem is annexation. laguage has only become one of the consequences of annexation
Nigeria should assist the Anglophone country
Nigeria will wait until there's something beneficial for them. Then they'll assist.
When they’ve not settled their own issues
Brainz Brizzy exactly, igbos also want out of Nigeria.
Thesame Nigeria that gave out our anglophone leaders?
@@kidodakid8861 Buhari did
It's really bad that I am Cameroonian and was even born n lived there for my early childhood but this video has taught me more about my own home country than I've known my whole life
they can go
The French made use speak french dont go please
I'm of course a native English speaker from the U.S. I have French Canadian, German, British and Native American ancestry. The British forced English speaking every where they controlled, especially the Natives and French Canadians. I'm currently learning French in my late 30s. It's difficult but not impossible to learn another language. But I do think they need to let people speak what language they want.
Ask for help from Canada.
lolololol
I'm Canadian. We're still trying to get rid of the French.
didn't get it. why canada ?
@@aminm7714 because Canada is also bilingual with both English and French as an official language. But it's a reverse. They have a low French population that also wants to separate from the country due to being treated as a second class.
Connor Dayman lol
this is why we as black people will never get anywhere. We have to stop with the separation regardless of language, sex, or creed. We just all have to come together and think about it which if we do, we will be a strong nation. We are all humans and we need to start respecting each other as such not the stupidity of starting violence because of language. Is just sad
I have a question Cameron people they don't have their own language?
Many languages for different regions,English and French is more central that native languages
This is crazy because english and fresh are not even african languages. am a south african and we were colonised by the dutch but i still speak zulu which is an african language
Tumelo Ngq the problem is that English is the language that unites
Tumelo Ngqulu there are over 20 languages at least, which are compartilising south africa, the european language is an asset, same with india, they dont have a native national language ? They have many native languages
I get you now brother and that is true, what i am against is to see africans fighting each other over languages which are not theirs
what is your home language my brother?
Tumelo Ngqulu that is because most african countries are geopolitical nations, many different languages and ethnicities within one country, and local languages are not developed enough. So a former colonial language will function as a lingua franca
English speaking must be more opportunities to find jobs than French because Chinese and Japanese, Singaporean company they use English not French.
If you trace the origin of Julie Owono, it is clear that she cannot bring out an objective assessment. What led from the federation to a centralized state was anti-constitutional. She ought to have mentioned that the constitution has been mutilated several times at the interest of the ruling class. She did not mention that the resources in these marginalized regions are being managed by the Beti ruling class where she originates from.
Did you even listen to what question she was responding?
France24 : ".... perceived...."
The bias is so blatant.
Cameroon's should place more value on their native tongue, not some slave taught language... Smh
Colonialism is not slavery
@@CZcamschannel-xp1tx colonialism is slavery inclusive I guess you miss that in history class. ✋🏿
@@jahhah6719 wow, I never knew teaching people how to read and write is slavery, I also never knew teaching people proper hygiene is still slavery
Africa has over 2000 linguistics so you can imagine how many tiny tribal nations a country like Cameroon with around 100 indeginous languages would have, colonialism should not have ended until the late 20th century or maybe early 21st century
@@CZcamschannel-xp1tx who lied to you and told you they didn't have hygiene and they couldn't read and write within their own culture. This is what becomes of you guppies absorbing the lies through a European lens. You stereotyping and generalizing as if all ethnic groups were the same in thought and cultivation. Typical racist nonsense. It was Moors who went into Spain and Portugal and gave backwards Europeans knowledge on being clean and not sleeping in barn yards with pigs, dogs, sheep's, and other animals.
War and famine crippled a lot of Ethnic groups in so called Africa, in which case a lot of knowledge was destroyed. But, you think you are the teacher of people who already had a longer history than Europe? Calm down kid
In what year did Cameroon become a state?
Why don t learn both .... it s never useless to learn languages
South Africa has 11 official languages but we all love each other nobody dislikes anybody this has everything to do with the economy not language
Life Pleer What applies to one country doesn't always apply to another. South Africa has had it's own divisions in the past and Cameroon has a lot more languages so comparing the two makes no sense really.
South Africa is the last country that should have anything to say. You people kill Blacks from other countries that do better than you in your country.
And whites kill blacks.
the mainly french dictator has discrminated the english speaking people in cameroon, and the army is responsible for killings of hundreds maybe thousands of english speakers
Ambazonians are not Cameroonians. And they don't allow neocolonialism in their land anymore.
If you have chosen to be part of Nigeria ealier,it would have been better,I wish you well but you can't win this fight without Nigeria underground support.
QALID MUSAWA it won’t be better, Nigeria is a horrible country too, my own people want to separate from it.
I hate Nigeria.
Dialogue time is over. Do you want to talk peace with the government whose Army just killed your family and burned your house? Separation now! Let Biya destroy his own country.
For me, it seems like this video had been uploaded now. 😭😭😭 As a Cameroonian law student, I have learn a lot from this video.
That's when I say most of West African countries are not free. shame on you dividing your communities languages that you don't belong but belongs your colonial masters. don't you have languages you learnt your mother tongue. shame on you. shame on you
6 years already
Both regions should separate otherwise the anglophone will continue to be marginalised.
you can separate lol , you can go we are here.
why not teach both ? in Lebanon for example half the schools teach French and the other half English
je veux que this would not divide le pays
Mixture of languages means unity. Respect from Ghana where we speak solely English, no other official language, English to the world !
french system is too bad. a fedaration is better than a centralised system.
Wrong look at belgium, canada and spain, thier country will be cut in parts because they let too mich liberty on thir territories
Centralized governments are a lot better.
true %100 guy chouadeu
Who is the gracious lady giving powerful analysis of the crisis?
anthony njie ya mbombo,na people like una ruin foumban conference... Pima for you
you speak correctly and exactly mancho bbc
Seriously??
for your own idear i think there should not seperate .
I wish that the country could function how Canada does.
Well I also believe Canada must stop using French as an official language? If you can't speak English in France and English is not a recognized language in France then why should France be a recognized language in a majority English speaking country?
@@abanerjee5066 Ah, because in Quebec, French is the majority native language. It has nothing to do with France.
@@johnbarham6406 I understand that. But I am talking about a logic in general sense. According to me French should have never been an official Quebec language either?
@@abanerjee5066 Why not? If it wouldn’t have been made offical, Quebec would have left the confederation.
@@johnbarham6406 If Quebec tried to leave the confederation then the Canadian Army would have crushed them.
Why fighting over colonial languages?
Silly people
They are not fighting over languages. You know nothing about southern Cameroon.
It’s not the language. I Bamileke speak French and standing for the same. The government is our problem, not the language. Arrêtez de nous distraire
2:53 my principal !
I can't wait to visit Ambazonia
Thank you F24. Independence of Ambazonia at last.
The lady is not addressing the main problem. Which is failure of the leaders to selflessly harnesses the resources of the society for the common good. They just exploit the differences to create crisis and divisions to benefit themselves and their cronies. It doesn't matter if they have been together for eternity as long as the issues they are complaining about still persist, there will always be agitation for sucesion
THOSE WHO CLAIM DIVISION MUST REMEMBER THAT BEFORE WORLD WAR 1 "KAMERUN" WAS ONE COUNTRY UNDER GERMAN INFLUENCE AND THAT SO CALLED ANGLOPHONE REGION WAS SPEAKING GERMAN. In Cameroon we got over 400 tribes with over 300 totally different languages, be careful with your selfish intention.
This is one of the most reasonable post I have seen on this comment zone.
@Striated Rose I hope that you have traveled to at least 5 provinces in Cameroon then comme back to me,.
@Striated Rose Sister there is nothing special about NO/SO. All over the country, people are crying. Ordinary people are dying because of Ambazonian militia is fighting the state, preventing kids to go to school, and kidnapping the same people that they are claiming to fight for.
The problem is the government of cameroon, cameroon needs a new government, it's not about the language we have lived with different languages for a long time that's not a problem , we need a new president who actually cares about the citizens and not just steal money from the economy. Personally since Paul biya became president Cameroon's economy has gone down instead of going up and as old as he is, he doesn't want to give way to new presidents and he is trying to pass it down to his son as if it's hereditary. You know what, is there a prison for bad presidents cause he needs to be arrested he is the number one cause of the problem not the language, we need a whole new government. And also tribalism, corruption, discrimination between French and English Cameroon and also French cameroon doesn't want to vote for an anglophone president cause they want to stay in control. English Cameroon needs to be rescued from the government and who else will do it if not the citizens and these are just some of the reasons why English cameroon wants separation from French cameroon......anyway I'll stop here cause I can't explain all the reasons.....this is just my thought on the matter
It Was An Attempted Federalism.
There's Nothing Like Anglophone Region Or Anglophone Part Of The Country.
The Cameroons Consisted Of The East And The West Which Were Two Different Nations.
There Are Things In Nature Under Heaven Worked Out From Above That Can Never Be Modified By Human Beings At All.
English & French speakers cant coexist in the same country. They are like different species. They should just separate peacefully. Just look at Quebec & Canada & youll understand what im talking about.
That's true
Es ist sehr einfach. Die Englische Seite sollte nur das Abitur auf Französisch bestehen und die Französische nur auf Englisch. So werden beide in der Lage sowohl Französische als auch Englisch zu sprechen.. Dann hat man vielleicht weniger Diskriminierung...
Nothing has been doned.
Show me the roads
To where.
U Teach Ur selves to make fake certificates
Wow, this is tragic and hilarious at the same time. At least America's civil war was over a legitimate cause; Cameroon's civil war is about which language they want to speak. *grabs the popcorn* Seriously though, my condolences to all the victims of the war on both sides.
We speak english in camroon no French
Aren’t English and French European languages.:? Raise your regional languages not those used to oppress you
Cameroun had been a grand county, that is why it is termed "I and indivisible". However, the coming of western powers and implementing foreign policy divided the country into two nations.
Overtime, the french implemented the policy of assimilation and the British had the indirect rule system.
These subjected the citizens into two different culture and traditions, destroying the indigenous people's culture.
More to that, the french took the majority of the population and assimilated but the British implemented another system of government to the least of the citizens. That has resulted to a revolt.. Because it is difficult to have two nations exist in a country. However, not Impossible.
In God We Trust. 🌹🫀🕊️
I hope a solution will be found one day so two European languages will not be a problem that is dividing one of the worlds most beautiful and resource rich nation. In Kenya we have more than 60 languages but we all are United by Swahili and English..we still have tribalism tensions but luckily we have those two languages that connect all Kenyans..
Me no Sabi.
In an Autocracy like Cameroon, the words dialogue, justice, solutions to problems....are alien to the government. So l prophesy war as the only solution. And Southern Cameroon will be independent. l hate war and l pray that it should never happen. l wish my prophesy should not come true. But my prophesies always come true. May the souls of the victims of the future Cameroonian civil war rest in perfect peace. Amen.
Before the borders were drawn up by French who’s kingdom did that area belong too? Why aren’t Cameroon speaking their native languages instead of French as National language?
No more federation
You got the solution 3 years ago but you were ignored by the so call Yaounde government......
Le Canada parle les deux langues, français et l 'anglais , une ouverture sur le monde.
Ironically he can't speak English either
Who cares, this will eventually be the most spoken English as English people due out and can not reproduce enough.
But from 80s Japanese and Chinese came to Africa, they prefered English speaking staff.
people will always find something to divide them, it can be skin tone, language, place of birth, gender, sexual preference...anything!
This kasa is really mad
You comments are ignorance. Before regard this problem as a small, know the facts. This two different countries. Its about language, but marginalized the south..
I love you ❤️ Madame.who will be the President???
English vs French were have I seen this before.this niggas are reenacting history.personally am on the anglophones side
The hidden history of the Republic of Cameroon has caused many Cameroonians to be in the dark as far as the fact are concerned. The language question is not the most significant for now. It is the fact that the Southern Cameroons was a federated state, with the status of an independent nation. The problem is the treachery by the East Cameroon La Republique which tricked the Southern Cameroons and unilaterally replaced the federation with a unitary state and subsequently to a republic without any constitutional consultations with the federal republic of Southern Cameroons. The language factor is not as strong as the origins of both nations. Do we not have different independent Anglophones nations all over the world. The language factor is in passing unfortunately, it has obliterated facts thanks to the hidden history of the nation. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT CAMEROON DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY? You can start from there to trace the fraude in the game!
You say what you don't know, so shut up! just tell me what was former southern cameroon and east cameroon before brittish and french trusteeship
You gotta be kidding me... As a French (willingly speaking English, which is my fave language among those I learnt btw), watching this cracks me up... Clémenceau used to jokingly say "English is French badly pronounced", and I always smile when I recall an Englishman once saying "France... Or Greater Britain!" lol
Africa is miles behind on this... Sorry... I don't mean to insult anyone, but frankly what is described in this video is four-year-old mental age level. Just learn one another's language and problem solved. It's a chance to live in a bilingual country, not a misfortune. Everyone who has this chance should simply take it as it is and bless the Lord that they have this luck. Be peaceful and care for one another, basically... "Love your neighbour like yourself".
Every language is beautiful. Native African languages, the languages brought after. Every language is beautiful because they all come with an History, people, feelings, etc. Africa is beautiful, the mothertongues in Africa are beautiful, and English and French too.
Julie ur talking nonses by say separation is not the idea
I give a damn to french language
Macho BBC
Francophone Cameroun should stop the marginalisation of Anglophone Cameroon. Enough of rubbish.
We the English speak we want to be like the American the French people should go they who way We don want anymore
The truth is that English speakers countries tend to richer economically wise and wealthier than non english speakers. This is a fact. Just get a grasp/compare Egypt, India and other non english speakers.
Plus, most manufacturing and factories have english engineers speakers. This support the industrilization of certain areas over others. Eventhough, they tend to have indiginous languagues but economically wise always English speaking regions materialistically wise are better.
This is a fact because the industrilization throughout history was British/English made.
Wrong look at algeria maroc and tunisia and they are francophone
@@grimjowjaggerjak As long as Africa is concerned, Anglophone Africa is way ahead of Francophone Africa in almost every ramification.
shouldve join nigeria when they gained independence
French is actually the Native language of the United language.
තමනගේ භාෂාවට සටන්කරපල්ල. ආක්රමණයන්ගේ භාෂාවල් බදාගෙන සටන් නොකරන්න. Fight for your own indiginous languages. Don't fight over your coloniser's languaes
Le bilinguisme devrait etre une force pour l`education du peuple camerounais .Toutefois le cameroun n`a rien a perdre de se debarasser de la langue francaise dans l`education de son peuple.Cependant diviser le cameroun en deux etats distincts sera une humiliation pour les generations futur car apres tout le francais ou l`anglais ne sont pas des langues de culture africaine
Jadis j`enviais le cameroun pour son bilinguisme sans imaginer les visions politiques derriere cet atout .La mauvaise repartition des resources semble etre a l`origine de ce embroglio cause par une elite inconsciente de cet atout.
WallStreet Review C'est même pas une question de langue. C'est en réalité une question de corruption et néocolonialisme.
C'est un probleme tres simple avec plein de nuances. Un de ces nuances c'est que, parce que les Anglophones sont la minorité ils estiment incorrectement qu'ils sont marginalisé a cause de leur langue officiel. Alors que c'est tout le pays qui est marginalisé. Il ya qu'une tres petite minorité qui bénéficie des richesses du pays et ils sont de la grande majorité d'une seul tribu.
La vérité c'est que meme si tout le pays était Francophone ceux qui sont maintenant Anglophone seraient toujours marginalisé. Le source du problème est en fait la France qu'il me semble cherche à francophoniser le pays entier pour mieux coloniser le Cameroun.
Les Anglophones parce qu'ils causent une langue autre que le Français sont beaucoup plus difficile a influencer que les Francophones qui sont beaucoup influencé par l'éducation, la culture et la politique Française. Ce qui explique le fait que tous les mouvements d'opposition politique de significance depuis une vingtaine d'année sont toujours venu des endroits Anglophone au Cameroun.
Ce que les Anglophones doivent comprendre c'est que leur identification avec la langue Anglaise ne doit me les trompez a croirent que c'est un problème Anglo/Franco. Au contraire c'est un problème néocolonial et criminel. Les dirigeants sont des corrompues qui sont contrôlés par la France. #MHGA
Comme le Web est presque devenu la plus grande universite au monde avec l`anglais comme la langue la plus utilisee(90%) dans la publication des travaux et illustrations La France n`a pas de resources pour resister a cette domination..Avec le poids de la chine dans les relations economiques avec l`Afrique dans presque tous les domaines ,la France est trop petite pour reagir et gagner a long terme. J`espere que le Cameroun restera unifier malgre ces discordes politiques
WallStreet Review De méme. #MHGA
So what is the real language of Cameroon because French and English are the white man's language?
From what i understood they have a lot of different languages so they use French and English for communication, education etc. to understand the other person that doesn't speak their Native language.
I don’t know why UN is westing time all we need is to be free. UN stop imposing bad leader on us, independent plsss UN,,
No knowledge
Place if you people can at list come here just for a few days maybe you MA under stand the suffering of this people. Presently we are in the bush with our families struck gulling for away lives.
Ugh who wants to speak french anyway its not even relevant , english is the world language
Let's speak Swahili
Learn French and integrate. You are a minority, so behave like one
They should learn English too.
Reverse Quebec
France or English is not the problem of Africa ok
So basically reverse Quebec. Got it.
Schüss
Please accept warm greetings.
Two nations exist in a country.
I suggest a replay of the plebiscite. The destiny will decide our f8.
In God We Trust.🌹🫀🕊️
I can't wait to visit Ambazonia
Hahahahahshahsh
@@forlemuboris3448 did I say something funny?
Long live anglophone
@@forlemuboris3448you are the joker here. Laughing when nothing concerns you.
The most high Yahweh bless he's people in southern Cameroon ambazonia and biafria in yahshua's mighty name. The biblical Hebrews by blood.