Digital images of records created and accumulated since the late nineteenth and early twentieth century under the direction of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (r. 1889-1933), Sultan Seidou Njimolouh (r. 1933-1992), and the current Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya (r. 1992-present). The records consist of official Bamum Palace Records, Bamum histories and customs, lexicons, writings on Islam and Muslim prayers, communal savings records, correspondence concerning Nji Musa’s exile in western Cameroon, medicinal formulas, and notes on trade. The material predominantly dates from c 1912-1953, with a small subset of material dating from 1954-1975.
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Letter from Nji Mokou to Abraham.
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14cm x 10.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
Letter from Mfon Musa requesting great patience to Pafumjati after the death...
Leaves: 2; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 5.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: “Mfon” Musa is the exiled “King Musa”; A Njangi is a communal savings group ... -
Letter from Soulemanou to Ladan regarding women and the need to work well
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 28cm x 7cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: ... -
Letter to Nji Mama from Idrissou Nsangou. Nsangou Idrissou is asking Nji Mama...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 12.5cm x 8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
List of Individuals involved in a Njangi in the locality of Nkunja; on...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 27.4cm x 20.8cm; Dates 6 September 1953; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: A Njangi is a communal savings group ... -
List of Individuals; on reverse is letter written in Bamum language in Bamum...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 25cm x 17.4cm; Dates 1948; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
Letter of Nji Mama and Ousmanou, indicating that Ousmanou presented money to...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15.5cm x 7.9cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
Letter being held by Saliwou (the unknown author of this note has written a...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 8.6 x 4cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
List of names of people who have contributed money; reverse is a letter in...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 13cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (for transcribing Bamum); Condition: Poor; page torn; Comments: ... -
Letter in French from Abdou Fossi in Mbanga to Nji Pafounjati; on reverse is...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates 4 February 1933; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script; Condition: Poor; Comments: ... -
List written by Musa with the names of the people from whom he collected tax...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 25cm x 22cm; Dates ca.1952?; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic; Condition: Poor; page torn on edges; Comments: ... -
Letter from Mfon Musa to Pafumnjati informing him about the visit of the king...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 10.5cm x 8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Letter of greeting from Ousman to Arouna
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17.8cm x11.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and slight Arabic; Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Letter from Ndam to Pafomnjati reminding him about a debt that had not been...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: ... -
Letter from Issofa communicating that there is a single servant under his...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 7.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: ...
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