Document with Four Cures: 1. instruction for healing conjunctivitis (of the eye); 2. remedy against bad odors; 3. remedy against skin infection; 4. explanation of burning excrement when toilet is filled
Various issues, including: 1. remedy against vaginal infection; 2. remedy against poison; 3. remedy against infertility; 4. recommendation on how to receive these remedies – who must be paid and how much, and 5. a far [20 May 1938]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 4 (folded, with one page blank); Measurements: 13.3cm x 10.3cm; Dates 20 May 1938 (only the entry for the land contract has a date, which includes also the place, Koupare, and the time, 2:00 pm); Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black ink and pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
King NJOYA’s Historical Account of the Nji from Mambue written by King Njoya at Mambue
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original written in Akauku Nyiet script with Nji Mama’s notes added later in Akauku Mfemfe script; Condition: Good; Comments: Mambue is alleged to be the place of King Njoya’s first farm
Letter from King NJOYA at Mambue to Nji MAMA regarding some matters in dispute with an individual called MÉNGNA
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original written in Akauku Nyiet in black ink with Nji Mama’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe in pencil added later; Condition: Good; Comments:
Letter from King NJOYA at Mambue to TIKOMPAFUL regarding the matter of exporting beans from Foumban to Bamenda
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17.4cm x 10.9cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original in Akauku Nyiet script in red ink with Nji Mama’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe script in pencil added later; Condition: Good; Comments: Mambue is about 9 km from Foumban
Note from King NJOYA to TIKOMPAFUL requesting that he tell the MfonMayap to come with his notables and children to work the farms at Mambue and Fugham
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14.5cm x 9cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original written in Akauku Nyiet script in red ink with Nji Mama’s notes added later in Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments: The “MfonMayap” is the former king of the subjugated peoples who became a vassal of K...
Letter from King NJOYA, written from Mambue, to Nji MAMA regarding the arrest of Nji NDAM’s son who murdered a man at the farm of Néh Njapdunke in Mambue
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.3cm x 17.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original written in Akauku Nyiet script in black ink with Nji Mama’s notes added later in Akauku Mfemfe script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Njapdunke is the Queen Mother
Letter from Mambue farm to Nji MAMA from MANSHÜT regarding MUMLIOM, son of YANGUE, a man-servant of Néh POPUERE, regarding matters relating to young women of Magna
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet script in black ink with Nji Mama’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe added later in pencil; Condition: Poor, with burn marks; Comments: While a preliminary examination indicates that this letter was written by Manshüt, ...
Letter from King NJOYA to TIKOMPAFUL regarding Labor
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22cm x 14cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original written in Akauku Nyiet script in blue ink and Nji Mama’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe script in pencil were added later; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes one of the clearest examples of King Njoya’s seal; Nji Mama’s not...