The Cameroonian National Action Movement (, MANC) was a political party in

French Cameroons French Cameroon, also known as the French Cameroons (), was a French mandate territory in Central Africa. It now forms part of the independent country of Cameroon. Eastern part of the former German colony of Cameroon (). Its status, from ...

History

The party was created in March 1956 as by the merger of the Bantu Efoula-Meyong Traditional Association led by

Charles Assalé Charles Assalé (4 November 1911 in South Province – 10 December 1999 in Yaoundé) was a Cameroonian politician and the founder of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon in April 10th 1948. He served as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Camero ...

and members of the Ngondo establishment led by Soppo Priso. The French authorities regarded it as a front for the banned

Union of the Peoples of Cameroon The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon ( - UPC) is a political party in Cameroon. It was one of the main belligerents in the Cameroon War. Foundation The UPC was founded on 10 April 1948, at a meeting in the bar ''Chez Sierra'' in Bassa. Twelve ...

. The party contested the December 1956 Territorial Assembly elections. It received 6.7% of the vote, winning 8 of the 70 seats. Its eight MPs became known as the "Group of Eight", who were opposed to the increasing domination of the

Cameroonian Union The Cameroonian Union () was a Cameroonian pro-independence party active in the French territory of Cameroun. The UC was formed by Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1958 when he broke from André-Marie Mbida and the Bloc Démocratique Camerounaise. Under Ahidjo, ...

led by

Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 192430 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first president of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982. He was previously the first Prime Minister of Cameroon, Prime Minister from the country's indepe ...

. However, it joined Ahidjo's government in 1958. Prior to the 1960 elections the party formed the

Group of Cameroonian Progressives The Group of Cameroonian Progressives (, GPC) was a political alliance in Cameroon. History The alliance was formed by the Cameroonian National Action Movement and the Socialist Party of Cameroon.Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh & Mark W De ...

together with the Socialist Party of Cameroon. The alliance won seven seats, and Assalé became prime minister. However, the alliance was dissolved the following year as it merged into the Cameroonian Union.DeLancey ''et al'', p. 198

MPs

References

{{Cameroonian political parties Defunct political parties in Cameroon Political parties established in 1956 Political parties disestablished in 1961 1956 establishments in French Cameroon 1961 disestablishments in Cameroon