Ruben Um Nyobè

Ruben Um Nyobè
Ruben Um Nyobè
Born1913 (1913)
Boumnyebel, Kamerun
DiedSeptember 13, 1958(1958-09-13) (aged 44–45)
Nyong-et-Kellé, French Cameroon
Cause of deathShooting
MonumentsMonument Um Nyobe Éséka
Years active1944-1958
Political partyUnion des populations du Cameroun

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.

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