In the late 1930s, the émigré Ukro-Russian Constructivist Alexandra Exter (1882–1949) published three panoramic “novelty books” with the innovative Parisian children’s publisher Père Castor.

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

The Fourteenth of July was declared the national holiday and a new flag, the tricolor, the red, white, and blue, was adopted in place of the old white banner of the Bourbons, studded with the fleur-de-lis.

Besides radical reunificationism, supported by the UPC and its successor in the Southern Cameroons, the One Kamerun Party (OK), two broader platforms could be distinguished.