Union of the Peoples Cameroon

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (French: Union des Populations du Cameroun) is a political party in Cameroon. UPC was founded on April 10, 1948, at a meeting in the bar Chez Sierra in Bassa. 12 men assisted the founding meeting, out of them Charles Assalé, Léonard Bouli, Guillaume Bagal. The majoirity of the participants were trade unionists. In many ways UPC was a continuation of the Cameroonian Rally (RACAM). On April 11 a Provisional Bureau was established. Bouli was elected general secretary, Bagal joint general secretary, Emmanuel Yap the treasurer and J-R Biboum the joint treasurer. The following day the statues of UPC was deposited at the Mayor's office in Douala at 10.50 am. The group was, however, not legally registered. On April 13 UPC issues its first public declaration of intent, the 'Appeal to the Cameroonians'.