1919Event
British Cameroons placed under Nigerian administration
After World War I, former German Kamerun was divided between Britain and France; Britain administered its portion through Nigeria.
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1919
British Cameroons placed under Nigerian administration
After World War I, former German Kamerun was divided between Britain and France; Britain administered its portion through Nigeria.
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After World War I, former German Kamerun was divided between Britain and France; Britain administered its portion through Nigeria. This created borderland identities and later plebiscite questions that shaped Nigeria-Cameroon relations.