Fongum Gorji Dinka
Fongum Gorji-Dinka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 June 1930[1] |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Title | Fon of the Widikum |
Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon.[2][3]
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]
Bibliography
- Fongum, Gorji-Dinka (20 March 1985). "The New Social Order" (PDF). Retyped Ambazonian Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
References
- ↑ "Fon Gorji Dinka". mukanda.univ-lorraine.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "All you need to know about the origin of the name 'Ambazonia'". Mimi Mefo Info. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "Republic of Ambazonia". ambazonia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- 1 2 "Cameroon's Anglophone crisis: The imminent brink of war". Africanews. APO Group. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ Fatunde, Tunde (10 October 2017). "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Cameroon. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ Foretia, Denis. "Cameroon continues its oppression of English speakers". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005) (Human Rights Committee 17 March 2005).
- ↑ "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. IRIN. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "Gorji Dinka Releases Ambazonia Message". CameroonPostline. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ↑ Nkwi, Paul Nchoji, ed. (3 February 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 28 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ↑ "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ↑ Dinka, Gorji. "Appel Aux Forces Armees Camerounaises". Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains (in French). Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ↑ "History". www.ambazonia.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ↑ "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. Integrated Regional Information Networks. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005)". www.worldcourts.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2020.