Cameroon’s Decolonizing Struggle An Interview with Cameroonian Political Activist Djif Djimeli on war, cake and politics 12.02.2020 Article from Parwana, YAMAMOTO Lea, WENDLER Nicolas The ongoing crisis in Cameroon between the francophone majority and the English-speaking minority has escalated into a civil war in the past three years, in which the latter is fighting for a new independent state called Ambazonia. Looking back to the beginning of the independent struggle of northern and southern Cameroon and its post-colonial history, we would like to touch upon one aspect of the country’s colonial heritage - language, and try to seek out the actual causes behind this political upheaval. Cameroon, a multi-ethnic state with a rich diversity of languages and cultures, is not often on the European radar. The structure of these ethnic groups is difficult to grasp, since the heavy influence of colonialism on those groups often followed political interest rather than the group...