The Lessons from the British Rule in Northern-Cameroons, Boundary Demarcation and Spheres of Influence.

Abstract

This article is against the background of the British rule, that led to the demarcation of their various spheres of influence after Germany was defeated from the first World War, and the lessons involved. However, instead of rehearsing on the thories, the study has concentrated on its main purpose, that of a detailed examination of the character of the British administration and lessons imvolved. This part of territory, was once a catalog of slaves for the Fulani rulers of the trust territory, perhaps, with the exception of the Kanuri of Dikwa emirate. Similarly, it was a German Protectorate; later transformed into a League of Nations mandate; furthermore, metamorphosed, turned out to be a United Nations Trust territory, before formally unified with the Federation of Nigeria in 1961. Realizing the space of an article permits neither extensive listing or detailed discussing of the unification, (see, Buba, 2021), rather, the way and manner this region was administered by both British and France. Finally it was British and France, not Gamany, who eventually shared the vast territory and developed considerable economic stakes in the region after Gamany was ousted out of the region during the first World War. We have aveiled ourselves  of the works of other scholars both published and unpublished. The works have been of consideratble assistance. There is perhaps, no better indication and acknowledgement of the authors of these works than our bilbliography and notes.We may infer that no part of Nigeria has experienced such a significant historical feel.