Donga-Mantung

So, this station and the German directives made the man and his project on the "Mantum" river made the Germans to simply considered him and his project a reference point for their exploration of the Cameroon high plateau.

Eventually, the administration of Cameroon found these names representative of the historical, developmental and local distinctions that should be used in honour of the incredible work of this German.

It is also to be noted that it was Donga who used forced labour to excavate the road to Mbem via the dangerous Rom Rock manually.

By 1916, Germany was defeated during the First World War by the Allied Forces, and Cameroon was handed over to France and Britain under the League of Nations Mandate Agreement of 1922.

Britain and France were mandated by the League of Nations to administer and prepare Cameroon for self-government at a later date.

It was only in 1923 that the British "Orders-in-Council" created the then administrative Units known as Native Authorities (NA) headed by Traditional Rulers.

The 1923 Orders-in-Council introduced a native administrative system known as "Indirect Rule", through which Britain administered its colonies in Africa through indigenous Chiefs and Traditional Institutions.

The administration was mounted by Traditional Rulers who were for the most part not literate or well educated, hence lacked both managerial capabilities and financial resources to carry out socio-economic development.

The Constitutional Reforms of 1996 in Cameroon transformed Provinces into Regions and did away with the previous administrative units called Districts, and replaced them with Subdivisions.

[5] The Subdivisions were each accompanied by Municipal Councils headed by Mayors elected via universal suffrage.

Mantungia Map