Fongum Gorji Dinka

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Fongum Gorji-Dinka
Born (1930-06-22) June 22, 1930 (age 92) [1]
NationalityCameroonian
Education
OccupationLawyer
Title Fon of the Widikum

Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon. [2] [3]

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Biography

Gorji Dinka was active in the Anglophone Crisis and advocated for more rights for Anglophone Cameroonians, against the Francophone government. [4] [5] [6] He was the first president of the Cameroon Bar Association, [4] and is also the named party of the Fongum Gorji Dinka v. Cameroon which was tried at the High Court of Justice and United Nations Human Rights Committee. [7] Gorji Dinka also coined the place name Ambazonia, which he first used in 1984. [8] [9]

Along with Bernard Fonlon and Carlson Anyangwe he authored The New Social Order, which claimed that the English-Speaking regions of Cameroons had the right to secede from Cameroon. [10] [11]

He was arrested in May 1985 for his protests against the government and was detained until February 1986. [12] [13] After his release, he escaped to Nigeria. [14]

In a 2005 judgment of the United Nations Human Rights ICCPR, the tribunal ruled in favor of compensation for Fon Gorji-Dinka for human rights abuses to his person and for assurances of the enjoyment of his civil and political rights. [15]

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  2. ↑ "All you need to know about the origin of the name 'Ambazonia'". Mimi Mefo Info. October 2, 2019. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Republic of Ambazonia". ambazonia.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: The imminent brink of war". Africanews. APO Group. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Fatunde, Tunde (October 10, 2017). "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Cameroon. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
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  10. ↑ Nkwi, Paul Nchoji, ed. (February 3, 2015). The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century. Langaa RPCIG. p. 478. ISBN   978-9956-792-79-5. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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  12. ↑ Dinka, Gorji. "Appel Aux Forces Armees Camerounaises". Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains (in French). Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
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