The Name Issue
Fon Gorji Dinka once said. “Southern Cameroonians have failed to name themselves so every Tom, Dick, Harry and (Janet) can given them a name." It was on the dire need to banish the borrowed name “Cameroon” from this contentious territory that the Fon dug into the history books and came up with the name AMBAZONIA - the zone beyond Ambas Bay which was itself taken from the word “Amba” a response of the Bota Islanders to the Portuguese sailors when they asked them: What is the name of those flaming mountains? The mountains in question were the Chariot of the Gods. Unfortunately while Ambas Bay exists in the records AMBAZONIA was never codified in International Law.
Bimbia is present in early International Law. King William of Bimbia executed the first International Treaties between Southern Cameroons and the International Community.
Bimbia was there ages before Southern Cameroons.
By Ntemfac Aloysius Nkong Nchwete Ofege.
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