Register of Births: Mbam, Noun, Maapé & Nza [24 Mar 1905]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 198; Pages: 391; Measurements: 28cm x 22cm; Dates: 1910; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: includes book cover made from animal hide
Early characters of the Bamum script in a letter of King Njoya
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 10cm; Dates: unknown; Script: Early scripts known as “Mbima” and “Rii Nyinyi fa fu’ men”; in pencil are comments in Akauku mfemfe script variant; Condition: Poor; taped; Comments: includes earliest version of King Njoya’s signature
Record of King Njoya announcing to the Bamum people of his travels [28 Apr 1922]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20cm x 12cm; Dates: 28 April 1922; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: includes seal and signature of King Njoya
A story of a King called Wajambaziar narrated by King Njoya [c 1908-1915?]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 3; Measurements: 15cm x 11cm; Dates: ca.1908-1915?; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Poor; Comments: probably extracted from a larger book, which cannot now be traced
Attestation of the Retirement of Manshüt (Chief of Servants) Mekumié issued by King Njoya [05 Apr 1905]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 20cm x 12cm; Dates: 1922; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; taped and torn; Comments: seal of King Njoya visable
Record of the arrival of the first white men in the Bamum Kingdom [c 1910-1915?]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 22cm x 15cm; Dates: ca.1910-1915?; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: a date appears to translate as “July 1902” but needs verification (but the document was created at least a decade after this, judging by the script variant employed)
History of the Bamum Kings: from Rifum to Njoya, Volume II (known famously in the Shümom language, invented by Njoya, as “Snak Rifum: Libonar Pantu Dusang”) [c 1912?]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 304; Pages: 604 (numbered 615-1218); Measurements: 22cm x 15cm; Dates: ca. 1912?; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: This book is the equivalent of the Bamum language version known as “Saa’ngam Pamom” or History and Culture of the Bamum, which is APRB5010. Volume I was remo...