| Intro | Cameroonian attorney and political activist |
| Is |
Lawyer Activist Political activist |
| From |
Cameroon |
| Type |
Activism Law Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
22 June 1930 |
| Age | 90 years |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Fongum Gorji Dinka is a Cameroonian attorney, political activist, and Fon of the Widikum in northwestern Cameroon.
Gorji Dinka was born on June 22, 1930. He was active in the Anglophone Crisis and advocated for more rights for Anglophone Cameroonians and against the Francophone government. He was the first president of the Cameroon Bar Association, and is also the named party of the Fongum Gorji Dinka v. Cameroon which was tried at the High Court of Justice and United Nations Human Rights Committee. Gorji Dinka also coined the place name Ambazonia, which he first used in 1984. Along with Bernard Fonlon and Carlson Anyangwe he authored the ‘The New Social Order’ which claimed that the English-Speaking regions of Cameroons had the right to secede from Cameroon.
He was arrested in May 1985 for his protests against the government and was detained until February 1986. After his release, he escaped to Nigeria.