Today is Cameroon’s National Day. Also known as Unity Day, this holiday marks the adoption of a unitary state on this day in 1972.
Cameroon National holiday holds immense cultural and historical significance for the people of the nation. It serves as a symbol of national unity, bringing together individuals from diverse linguistic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
Cameroon became a German colony in 1884, known as Kamerun. After Germany’s defeat in the first world war, the administration of the colony was divided between Britain and France, becoming UN Trust Territories after the end of the second world war and the creation of the United Nations.
The United Nations Trust Territory known as French Cameroun achieved independence from France on January 1st 1960, and British Southern Cameroons became a federated state within Cameroon on October 1st 1961.
On May 20th 1972, in a national referendum, Cameroonians voted for a unitary state as opposed to the existing federal state. President Ahmadou Ahidjo then abolished the federal system of government in favor of a unitary state, the Republic of Cameroon.
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Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Cherilyn Sarkasian, (Cher), American singer and actress, one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher who had the 1965 UK & US No.1 single ‘I Got You Babe’. She became a television personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run. Solo hits include the 1991 UK No.1 single ‘The Shoop Shoop Song’, 1998 UK No.1 & 1999 US No.1 single ‘Believe’, plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOSZwEwl_1Q
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