CAMEROON is heading toward its October 2025 presidential election, but what is unfolding feels less like a campaign and more like a tragic play. These posters are not just unusual campaign tools; they are a shameless admission of reality. He is now the world’s oldest Head of State, and his campaign by proxy shouts the question his regime refuses to answer: if he cannot campaign, how can he govern? The portrait campaign is therefore less about the future of Cameroon and more about preserving the privileges of a small elite. This campaign of portraits is a campaign of shame.