Ruben Um Nyobè
CAMEROONIAN ANTI-COLONIAL ACTIVIST (1913-1958)
Ruben Um Nyobe; Rubem Um Nyobe; Mpodol; Ruben Um Nyobé
Ruben Um Nyobè (1913 – 13 September 1958) was an anti-colonialist Cameroonian leader, slain by the French army on 13 September 1958, near his natal village of Boumnyebel, in the department of Nyong-et-Kellé in the maquis Bassa. On 10 April 1948, he created the Cameroon's People Union (UPC), which used armed struggle to obtain independence from French colonial rule.