ˈʌm nˌaɪəbˈeɪ wʌz ɪnˈɪʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ ðə kənfˌeɪdeɪɹˈeɪʃən ɡˈeɪneɪɹˌeɪl dˈuː tɹɐvˈeɪl sˌiːdʒˌiːtˈiː, ɐ jˈuːniən ðæt fˈɔːt ɐɡˈɛnst ðə pɑːɹtˈɪʃən ʌv kˌæmɚɹˈuːn ˌɪntʊ ˈæŋɡləfˌoʊn ænd fɹˈæŋkəfˌoʊn ɹˈiːdʒənz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən.
Um Nyobé was initiated into the Confédération générale du travail (CGT), a union that fought against the partition of Cameroon into Anglophone and Francophone regions in 1947.