Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Cameroon
Politics • Historical Archive • 🇨🇲 Cameroon • 0 views

Félix-Roland Moumié 🇨🇲

Félix-Roland Moumié (Known as "Dr. Moumié")
President of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), Physician, Pan-African Martyr
Born 1925-11-01 🇨🇲 Njissé, Foumban, Cameroon
Passed Away 1960-11-03 Geneva, Switzerland
Lifespan 35 years old
0 views
Notice / Correction
"Cameroon will be free, for no poison and no imperial army can kill the longing of a people for dignity."

Archival Overview

Physician and charismatic President of the revolutionary UPC who succeeded Ruben Um Nyobè in leading the anti-colonial struggle, poisoned with thallium in Geneva in November 1960 by French intelligence.

Biographical Record

Félix-Roland Moumié was born on November 1, 1925, in Njissé near Foumban. Training as a surgeon and physician at the École normale William Ponty and the Dakar Medical School, Moumié joined the revolutionary Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC) in 1948, serving as its President alongside Ruben Um Nyobè.

A formidable orator who took the Cameroonian independence petition to the United Nations in New York, Moumié built international alliances with Nasser, Kwame Nkrumah, and Sekou Touré. On October 15, 1960, while dining at the Hotel du Plat d'Argent in Geneva, he was poisoned with thallium by French secret agent William Bechtel of the SDECE, dying on November 3, 1960. His body was embalmed and interred in Conakry, Guinea.

Memorial Guestbook & Tributes

0 messages recorded

Leave a Respectful Tribute

No tributes recorded yet. Be the first to leave a message in honor of Félix-Roland Moumié.

Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Camayenne Mausoleum (Buried alongside Pan-African leaders)
Conakry, Guinea
GPS: 9.5350, -13.6800
View on Memory Atlas
Archival Standards PastLegacies adheres to strict neutral biographical guidelines and legal standards of remembrance. Next-of-kin may request modifications or removal at any time via our expedited process.