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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/154
Title:: Prayer in Arabic meant to be recited which, according to Nji Mama’s appended note, this should be done 1111 times in order to make a young divorced bride return home
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1 (with appended note glued in); Measurements: 10.6 x 9.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/158
Title:: Letter to RIPÉR from Nji NGOULOURE, from Fouapon, reporting a war victory
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 4 (folded); Measurements: 17.5cm x 11cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and Arabic script in black ink; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/159
Title:: Arabic Arcane with notes by Nji Mama indicating that this had been strongly advised to use this after the Magrib prayers
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 11cm x 8.7cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and Arabic script in black ink with vowel markings in blue ink; Condition: Good; Comments: The Magrib prayer is the prayer made by Muslims at sunset
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/171
Title:: Letter to Nji MAMA from an unnamed Nji; includes “Bismillah” at the top of the letter
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 19cm x 14.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/172
Title:: Letter to Nji MAMA from Nji NOUHOU, requesting that Nji Mama reply to the letter of ANTHONY; written on the back of a receipt from a library in Algeria
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21cm x 23cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil with receipt in Arabic script and roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Bamun, and French
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/173
Title:: Letter from Nouhou to Anthony at Kougham with compliments to Nji MAMA. This is a response of Nouhou to Anthony on behalf of Nji Mama, and concerns a request for a gun to which Nji Mama communicat
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21cm x 23cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe, Arabic script, and roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Bamun, and French
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/176
Title:: Muslim invocation for protection against evil in Arabic script with notes in Bamum script
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (second page crossed out); Measurements: 8.7cm x 7cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script in black ink (invocation) with notes in Akauku Mfemfe script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/177
Title:: Medicinal remedy and instructions to heal smallpox, eye infections, and back pain via Arabic recitation and explanations in Bamum script
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 12cm x 9cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script in black ink and Akauku Mfemfe script in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/199
Title:: Remedy for Stomach Worms, with Arabic Arcana, as Medicine; also Bamum script transliteration of Arabic and explanation
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17.2cm x 11cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/206
Title:: What belongs to mankind is vanity, what belongs to God is everlasting” in Arabic script with an exact transliteration (not translation) in Akauku Mfemfe script.
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 11cm x 9.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic; Condition: Good; Comments: The translation of the Arabic made by the Bamoun Scripts and Archive Project team. Note that the Bamum script here represents a transliteration of the Bamum, not a translat...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

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