National Day (Cameroon)

Unitary State Day
Police marching in the 2016 Unitary State Day parade, Douala
Also calledNational Day
Observed byCameroon
DateMay 20
Next time20 May 2025 (2025-05-20)
Frequencyannual
Police in the Unity Day parade, 2019, Douala

The National Day (French: Fête Nationale) of Cameroon, also known as Unitary State Day (fête nationale de l'État unitaire), is celebrated annually on 20 May.[1][2] In a national referendum on 20 May 1972, Cameroonians voted for a unitary state as opposed to the existing federal state. The United Nations Trust Territory known as French Cameroun achieved independence from France on 1 January 1960, and British Southern Cameroons changed status from a Trusteeship under British administration to a federated state within Cameroon on 1 October 1961. The government chose 20 May as Cameroon's National Day to commemorate President Ahmadou Ahidjo's abolishment of the federal system of government in favor of a unitary country in 1972.[3]

Even though it is considered a holiday, children all over the country go to schools and celebrate Unity Day usually by singing, carrying out parades or marches all around the different parts of their various cities. Speeches are made by the president of Cameroon and other important personalities. The day is presided over by the president in the capital, Yaoundé. In the regional capitals, it is presided by the governor who represents the government. The divisional officers preside over the day in their various divisions.[citation needed]

Events

The 47th National Day was marked in Cameroon in 2019 amidst violence in Anglophone parts of the country. The main opposition parties, the Cameroon Renaissance Movement and Social Democratic Front, boycotted the events "in solidarity with the lives lost in the English speaking regions."[3]

National Day festivities in the country were cancelled both in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ KOUADIO, Maxime (20 May 2021). "Cameroun: La fête nationale de l'unité célébrée dans le silence en raison de la Covid-19, l'appel de l'Ambassadeur du Cameroun en Côte d'Ivoire". Linfodrome.ci (in French).
  2. ^ "Fête nationale du 20 mai 2021 : l'Union Européenne appelle le Cameroun à relever les défis sécuritaires" (in French). 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Tapuka, Gerald (28 May 2019). "Cameroon Celebrates 47th National Unity Day In Blood And Violence". The Organization for World Peace. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Cameroon's Unity Day celebrations canceled as COVID-19 masks internal tensions". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Cameroon cancels national day festivities due to COVID-19". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Day of Cameroon.
  • Mbaku, John Mukum (2005). Culture and Customs of Cameroon. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

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