Cameroonian Schutztruppe Soldiers in Spanish-Ruled Fernando Po during the First World War

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When the German forces were ousted from Cameroon in early 1916, they fled south to neutral Spanish Guinea. Tens of thousands of Cameroonians joined them -- soldiers and hangers-on -- and were accommodated by Spain on the island Fernando Po, off the Cameroonian coast. They remained on the island until after armistice, largely under German (military) control. Their delayed repatriation had a pronounced effect on their communities at home.

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