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Cameroonians in France

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Cameroonians in France consist of migrants from Cameroon and their descendants living and working in France.

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History

The first Cameroonian immigrants in France came in the 1970s, like the Congolese, some years after the first immigrant wave from Black Africa (Senegal Valley) in France. But this immigration has speed up in the 1980s (because of the social and economic crisis in Cameroon) to become one of the most populous group of immigrants from Black Africa in France.

Notable people

  • Samuel Umtiti, professional footballer
  • Françoise Mbango Etone, track and field athlete
  • Gévrise Émane, judoka
  • Francis Ngannou, mixed martial artist
  • Dany Bill, kickboxer
  • Calixthe Beyala, writer
  • Emil Abossolo-Mbo, actor
  • Vencelas Dabaya, weightlifter
  • Serge Betsen, rugby union player
  • Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, professional boxer
  • Antoinette Nana Djimou, heptathlete, pentathlete
  • Véronique Mang, track and field athlete
  • Carlos Takam, professional boxer
  • Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke, weightlifter

    • References

    Cameroonians in France Wikipedia
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