Leaves: 9; Pages: 17; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe (ready “Njoya”) inside King Njoya’s seal and a caption of “Lion” in roman script (English language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Leaves: 23; Pages: 44; Measurements: various sizes; Dates ca. 1940s; Script: Akauku mfemfe in pencil and various ink colors; some roman script (Bamum language);Arabic script; typed letter in roman script (French); Condition: Good (although torn on some pages); Comments: Akauku mfemfe syllabary an...
Leaves: 2; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20cm x 17.5cm (“Rii nyi fà fu”) and 18cm x 17.3cm (“Akauku tùnte”); Dates Early Twentieth century; Script: Bamum; Condition: Very good; Comments: Oral testimonies around the Bamum kingdom confirm the use of banana leaves in thelate nineteenth and early twentieth...
Nji Mbouombouo Osmanou Mantum Collection [c 1948-1970]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of a selection of manuscripts located and collected by Nji Mbouombouo Osmanou, a caretaker of the Palais des Rois Bamoun. The manuscripts include records of monetary transactions, especially records of community savings groups, and various writings on medicine and proverbs. The EAP...
List of members of a “Gba” (or “Jangui”) group savings organization [mid twentieth century]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22cm x 17cm; Dates ca. mid twentieth century; Script: Akauku mfemfe in red and blue ink (ball point pen) and pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on the cover of a school exercise book, with map of Cameroun and depictionof elephant
Records of a “Gba” (or “Jangui”) group savings organization, along with information on medicine [ c mid twentieth century]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22cm x 16.8cm; Dates ca. mid twentieth century; Script: Akauku mfemfe in blue ink (ball point pen) and pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on paper from a school exercise book
Records of a “Gba” (or “Jangui”) group savings organization, with many names and dates ofindividual attendance [ c mid twentieth century]
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Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 22cm x 16.8cm; Dates ca. mid twentieth century; Script: Akauku mfemfe in red and blue ink (ball point pen) and pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on paper from a school exercise book
Records of a “Gba” (or “Jangui”) group savings organization [ c mid twentieth century]
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Leaves: 3; Pages: 5; Measurements: 22cm x 16.8cm; Dates ca. mid twentieth century; Script: Akauku mfemfe in red ink (ball point pen); Condition: Good; Comments: Written on paper from a school exercise book
Records of a “Gba” (or “Jangui”) group savings organization, along with information on medicine [ c mid twentieth century]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 2 (photographed together as a single image); Measurements: 22cm x 16.8cm; Dates ca. mid twentieth century; Script: Akauku mfemfe in red ink (ball point pen) and pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on paper from a school exercise book