Should America support Ambazonian Independence?

A discussion of the cause of Ambazonian independence with Martin Mungwa. If you want to support my channel more directly, Make your way to https://buymeacoffee.com/shurkin or explore the "thanks" button here on YT or the "Join" to become a member. Buy my book! My book: https://amzn.to/420ADnj or en français: https://amzn.to/4txYjuj Martin Mungwa's book, "Southern Cameroons 2050": https://link.amazon/B045m22zl A recent op-ed by Martin: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op... Who am I? Former CIA analyst, former RAND Senior Political Scientist, Currently Director of Global Programs at 14 North Strategies and RUSI Associate Fellow. Yale History Ph.D. Find me at https://michaelshurkin.com   / michaelshurkin     / michael-shurkin-ph-d-1397641a   https://shurkin.substack.com/ 00:00 Introduction 06:18 What is Ambazonia? 08:26 The 1961 Plebiscite 09:50 The Origin of the name "Ambazonia" 10:51 Why Ambazonians want independence 11:42 Repression and the birth of the Ambazonian independence movement 12:37 Paul Biya and the state of Cameroonian democracy 16:46 What form has the independence movement taken? 18:51 Governing readiness 19:21 Repression by Biya's government 23:09 Pandora's Box and the danger of revising borders 25:42 Criteria for independence 27:11 "Independence is not an operating system." 28:01 The readiness standard for independence 30:12 Why should Americans care? Why is this in the US interest? 36:51 What should the US do? 38:34 What will happen in Cameroon when Biya falls? 40:52 The case for acting now before Cameroon falls apart 43:46 What about Nigeria?