Nji Ngaput Collection [c 1940-1965] | Endangered Archives Programme

Digital images of mansucripts created and received by Nji Ngaput, the son of King Ibrahim Njoya, and an Isalmic scholar, trader and artist. The manuscripts include writings on Islamic teachings and traditions, Bamum history, calendars, correspondence, and Bamum art, dated c 1940-1965.

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This collection is part of

Project EAP051:

Bamum script and archives project: saving Africa's written heritage
Collection EAP051/1:

"Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban, Cameroon [c1896-1975]"
Collection EAP051/1/1:

Modern Archives of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun [c1896-1975]
Collection EAP051/1/1/7:

Nji Ngaput Collection [c 1940-1965]

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Arcadia - A charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin