AHIDJO, AHMADOU


Meaning of AHIDJO, AHMADOU in English

born August 1924, Garoua, Cameroon

died Nov. 30, 1989, Dakar, Senegal

First president of Cameroon, 1960–82.

He presided over one of the few successful attempts at African unity: the joining of the southern half of the former British Cameroons with the larger French-speaking Cameroun. In 1982, after managing to build up a stable, relatively prosperous nation (through single-party rule), he went into exile after being implicated in a plot against his successor, Paul Biya.

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