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
Digital images of records created and accumulated since the late nineteenth and early twentieth century under the direction of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (r. 1889-1933), Sultan Seidou Njimolouh (r. 1933-1992), and the current Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya (r. 1992-present). The records consist of officia...
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