Fongum Gorji Dinka

Fongum Gorji-Dinka
Born	(1930-06-22) June 22, 1930 (age 94)[1]
Nationality	Cameroonian
Education	St. Joseph's College (Buea) Fulbright Program Council of Legal Education Sorbonne University
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 (March 20, 1985). "The New Social Order" (PDF). Retyped Ambazonian Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

References

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3. "Republic of Ambazonia". ambazonia.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
4. "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.
6. Foretia, Denis. "Cameroon continues its oppression of English speakers". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
7. Gorji-Dinka v. Cameroon, Comm. 1134/2002, U.N. Doc. A/60/40, Vol. II, at 194 (HRC 2005) (Human Rights Committee March 17, 2005).
8. "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. IRIN. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
9. "Gorji Dinka Releases Ambazonia Message". CameroonPostline. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
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.
11. "President cracks down on, shuts Anglophone universities". University World News. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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.
13. "History". www.ambazonia.org. Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
14. "Cameroon's Anglophone War – Analysis". Eurasia Review. Integrated Regional Information Networks. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
15. "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 May 18, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2020.