Cameroon-Nigeria Relations - Trends and Perspectives
| Autor | Carlson Anyangwe |
| Cargo | PhD in Law, University of London (England, United Kingdom) |
| Páginas | 197-199 |
Cameroon-Nigeria relations – Trends
and perspectives
Carlson Anyangwe*
A Review of the book
Osita Agbu & C. Nna-Emeka Okereke (ed.), Cameroon-Nigeria Relations – Trends and Perspectives,
Lexington, 2022
* PhD in Law, University of London (England, United Kingdom). Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of
Fort Hare (South Africa); [carlany2001@gmail.com]; [https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6844-0515]
Recibida: 11 de enero de 2023 / Aceptada: 12 de enero de 2023
Para citar esta reseña:
Anyangwe, C. (2023). A Review of the book, Osita Agbu & C. Nna-Emeka Okereke (ed.), Cameroon-Nigeria Re-
lations – Trends and Perspectives, Lexington, 2022. Oasis, 38, 197-199.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18601/16577558.n38.11
There is always a temptation to paint and pre-
sent a politically-correct picture of the neigh-
bourly relations of states, and, in this case, the
Nigeria-Cameroon relations. This volume
does no such thing. A constant in international
relations is that each country unapologetically
pursues policies that serve its national interests.
Those interests could be antagonistic, comple-
mentary, or accommodating. In the pursuit of
national interests in foreign policy relations, no
favours are conceded to another state.
The relations of the 1960 nascent states
of Nigeria and Cameroon remain complex
to this day. This is due to the enduring, but
thinly veiled, mutual suspicion between the
two countries. Much that is at the centre of
that suspicion is the territory of the former
UN Trust Territory of the British Cameroons
sandwiched between Nigeria and Cameroon.
The trust territory was, for administrative
convenience, administered for almost half a
century from the adjacent British territory of
Nigeria. In a self-determination UN plebiscite
conducted in the trust territory in February
1961, the Northern part opted to join Nige-
ria while the Southern part voted “to achieve
independence by joining” République du
Cameroun. The just-established diplomatic
relations between those freshly independent
states got off to a chilly start. They became
frosty and were congealed.
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