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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/202
Title:: Letter to Nji MAMA from NJORI in Bamenda [20 Apr 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 11.6cm x 8cm; Dates 1937; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 20 Apr 1905
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/203
Title:: Notes on a plan for the King’s palace, notes on the measurements of various rooms in the palace, and those on the farm at Matum; a matter of money is reported
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 23cm x 4.8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/204
Title:: Letter to Tita MAMA (Nji Mama) from Kpumie, which greets Mama’s brother NJOYA Ibrahimu and requesting from Nji Mama that he provide the name of the child who King NJOYA has secretly named as his hei [c 1928-1933]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16.9cm x 14.5cm; Dates ca. 1928-1933; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: “Tita” means “father” in Bamum and is often used as a title of respect for the head of a family or a father figure; the letter was written prior to the death of King Njoya in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1928-1933
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/205
Title:: Note by Nji MAMA concerning his deceased wives
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22cm x 8.9cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/207
Title:: Letter in French to Nji MAMA from Martin Ngamby Ngapout, written from Loum; Nji Mama adds his notes in Bamum script in pencil [13 Apr 1950]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 22cm x16.7cm; Dates 13 April 1950; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and French
Date Range:: 13 Apr 1950
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/208
Title:: Letter from Na MANGHÉTNA to YACUBU regarding travel to Calabar from Bamenda
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20.7cm x 21.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/209
Title:: List of Names
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13cm x 3cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/210
Title:: Various characters of the Akauku syllabary, organized in a syllabary key, written by Kenmfon from Ngaoundere, as indicated in the note behind by Nji Mama
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 27cm x 21cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/12/211
Title:: Letter to Nji MAMA from PÉNTANE regarding the dance group called “Yaya”
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (folded into triangle); Measurements: 20.8cm x 16.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original letter written in Akauku Nyiet with Nji Mama’s notes added in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 1910-1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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