Envelope addressed to Nji Mama in Foumban from Douala [28 Feb 1933]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14.3cm x 11.3cm; Dates 28 February 1933; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes three stamps
Leaves: 1 very large sheet that has separated into 2 (8 images); Pages:; Measurements: 179cm x 50.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: map includes several variants of the Bamum script, including the most recent: Akauku; Condition: Fair (torn parts); Comments: The 8 images here are of the same item, just ...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 31cm x 24.3cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and blue and red ink; Condition: Fair; Comments: The marking “F17” was, unfortunately, added just prior to the transfer of Nji Mama’scollection by one of his sons
Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 22cm x 14cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Paper torn; Comments: This writing is concerned with both the Bamum and the Fulbe people
List of servants given by King Njoya and important Nji to work in Koutie
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 4 (folded into 4); Measurements: 9.5cm x 12.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Poor; Comments: The term “Nji” relates to those important palace personalities and heads of families. Koutie is a village about 45 minutes away from Foumban today, by car, on the way...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 11.9cm x 9.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: There is no indication of what is being counted; only women’s names are listed
Letter from Mfon Musa requesting great patience to Pafumjati after the death of his daughter, NZIELAM. Also, a list of names for people involved in a Njangi
Scope & Content:
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