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Some African nations have maintained close relationships with their former colonial rulers primarily because economic and cultural ties remain strong.
A chain of hills, plateaus and mountains, known as the Cameroon range extends from Mount Cameroon on the coast-Cameroon's highest point at (13,435 ft) almost to Lake Chad at Cameroon's northern border .
The capital of Cameroon is Yaoundé. The largest city in Cameroon is Douala.
As a colonial power, France ranked second only to England. In 1939 the French colonial empire included: A. In Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, French Morocco, French West Africa, French Equatorial West Africa, French Cameroon, French Togoland, French Somalia, and Madagascar; B. In the Middle East, Lebanon, Syria; and C. In the Far east, the Indo Chinese States of Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos; and D. In the Americas, French Guiana, and Haiti.
Name change was an attempt to go back to the original names of the area before colonization by Belgium. Belgium colonial power stripped Congolese of their identify in many ways. Renaming of landmarks to Belium names was one way.