Ruben Um Nyobé

Ruben Um Nyobé (1913 – 13 September 1958) was an anti-imperialist Cameroonian leader, slain by the French army on 13 September 1958, near his natal village of Boumnyebel, in the department of Nyong-et-Kellé in the maquis Bassa. He created on 10 April 1948 the Cameroon's People Union (UPC), which used armed struggle to obtain independence. After his death, he was replaced by Félix-Roland Moumié, who was assassinated by the SDECE (French intelligence agency) in Geneva in 1960. Foundation texts for the life and struggle of Ruben Um Nyobe include the following publications by Richard A. Joseph: "Ruben Um Nyobe" and the 'Kamerun' Rebellion", African Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 293 (October 1974); "National Politics in Postwar Carmeroun: The Difficult Birth of the UPC", Journal of African Studies, Vol. 2. No. 2 (Summer, 1975); and Radical Nationalism in Cameroun: Social Origins of the U.P.C. Rebellion (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1977); and, by J.A. Mbembe, Ruben Um Nyobe: Ecrits Sous Maquis (Paris: l'Harmattan, 1989).

See also

• Félix-Roland Moumié
• Cameroon's People Union

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Name	Um Nyobe, Ruben
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Date of birth	1913
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Date of death	13 September 1958
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