World Cup 2002 Report: Ghana

Overview
    All you've ever wanted to know about Cameroon and it's team is right here. Why is cameroon such a great country? Find out in the history portion. Is it a wonderful vacation spot? That's up for you to decide in the geography section. Have you been dying to know how cameroon's government works. Well, like I said, everything you want to know about Cameroon is here. And if that's not enough, check out the links and sources that helped make this page possible. And remember, this was designed to fulfill your "Cameroon information seeking" desires. Read and enjoy!
History
    Cameroon's earliest people to live on the land were the Bantu speaking people. Carvings and stone tools indicate that prehistoric people lived in Cameroon. In the 900's) the sao people settled near lake Chad. The Bamileke and the Bassa reached Cameroon in the 1400's. Also, in the late 1400's,
Portuguese explorers were the first europeans to reach cameroon. The portuguese named the country Camaroes, which means shrimp. the Portuguese found small crayfish that resembled shrimp, in the wouri river. In 1858, british missionaries created the first european settlement, Victoria, at the base of Mt. Cameroon
    During the late 1800's, the british, french, and germans struggled for control over cameroon. A local Douala chief signed a treaty with germany, which made cameroon a german protected state (1884). Germany lost control of cameroon to britain and france during WWI. In 1922, Britain and france divided it into two sections. Finally, Cameroon was allowed independence by both countries in 1946. But the country was still divided, one section for france and one section divided into two parts for Britain.
     In 1960, French cameroon became known as the republic of cameroon (ROC). french cameroon gave gave british cameroon a choice to join the ROC or to become a part of neighboring nigeria. the northern part decided to join nigeria and the southern part decided to join ROC. In May1972, cameroon adopted a new constitution that united the east and west cameroon.
Government
    Cameroon has a federal republic government with two states. The president serves a five year term. The chief political party, in cameroon, is Cameroon people's democratic assembly (CPDA). Cameroon is divide into ten provinces. Until 1991, only CPDA was allowed in. Then, all political parties were legalized. In 1992, of march, multiparty elections were held.
    In 1961, Ahmadou Ahidjo became president and he was reelected in 1965. The president is currently Paul Biya.
Geography

Capital: Yaounde
Languages: English and french
Land forms: Mount Cameroon (13,353 feet); three main rivers include: Benue, Wouri, and Sanaga
Climate: savanna, semiarid, hot

Economy

Currency: franc. one hundred centimes equals one franc.
Average income (per person): $ 125.00 (annual)
Labor force breakdown: farmers
Inflation rate:
Major exports: cacao beans, coffee, bananas, cotton, palm oil and kernels, pepper, tea, root crops, timber, and rubber
Other products: aluminum, petroleum products, shoes, and soap
Trading partners: Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, U.S, Japan

People
     The largest ethnic groups are the Bamileke and the Fulani. some other groups, that aren't as large as those, but make up significant portion of the country, are the Douala, Ewondo, and the Fang. There are 54 african languages spoken in cameroon. 45% of the people practice traditional african religions, 35% are christians, and 20% are muslim.
    There is a huge teacher and school shortage in cameroon, but even so, more than half the population can read and write. Cameroon's people are generally poor in terms of money, but, since the majority of the people tend to be farmers, they are able to raise enough food to feed their families.
    The people of cameroon show pride for their country by singing their national anthem, "O Cameroon, Thou cradle of our Fathers."

Current Event
    article title: Ireland-Cameroon
    author: fifaworldcup.com
    date: May 30, 2002

        summary: In this article, there are descriptions of both the ireland team's and the Cameroon team's success. Cameroon won the african cup of nations two consecutive times. Cameroon, also, won the olympic gold medal. Ireland battled through a qualifying group and reached the quarter finals at the 1990 Fifa world cup Italy. The article also stated that Mick McCarthy left the Irish team. Finally, they had quotes from players and coaches saying how they felt about other teams.

        opinion: The article, in my perspective, lacked many details and information. They didn't go into any faults either of the teams have. i think that the author may have tried too hard to leave opinions out, which in turn, didn't give any relevant information. "Ireland-Cameroon" had about three quotes. I believe these quotes were extremely unimportant. In my opinion, that wasn't news, that was more of a profile.
        The article could have added faults of both teams, more current events that have happened to the team, and information on when and if players will return to the team. Over all, I thought watching an apple brown was more interesting than "Ireland-Cameroon."
Cameroon Players

Name: Winnie Schaefer
Position: coach
Nationality: germany
Birthdate: Jan. 10, 1950
Name: Marc-Vivien Foe
Position: midfield
Number: 17
Goals: 8
Height: 1.9 m
Weight: 85 kg
Birthdate: May 1, 1975
Name: Raymond Kalla Kongo
Position: defender
Number: 5
Goals: 2
Height: 1.92 m
Weight: 85 kg
Birthdate: April 22, 1975

Links

Sources

web site: fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/t/t/p/crm.html
web site: odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
book: the world encyclopedia , volume 3
book: 1999 edition, the world book encyclopedia, volume 3

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