[2] The area of present-day Cameroon was claimed by Germany as a protectorate during the "Scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century.

Northern Cameroons consisted of two non-contiguous sections, divided by a point where the Nigerian and Cameroun borders met.

The United Nations approved the Trusteeship Agreements for British Cameroons to be governed by Britain on 6 December 1946.

[5] The British in Cameroons used indirect rule because it meant that Cameroonians would comply willingly rather than having to coercively force compliance.

[5] Despite the indirect rule used to invigorate the spirit of citizens, the British found that they had to "approach various developmental programs" because "there was little involvement of the local people in planning and executing community development programmes.

[5] As the community development programmes grew, there was a large delay in educational efforts because British Cameroons ".

"[8] Secondary education was largely the work of missionaries such as St. Joseph College which opened in Sasse, Buea, in 1939.