Project / Collection: Bamum script and archives project / Place: Cameroon, Africa - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/4
Title:: 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
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 05 Apr 1905
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/5
Title:: Agricultural Calendar [14 Mar 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 30; Pages: 59; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: 1900; Script: Akauku Mfemfe & Nyiet, and several early variants; Condition: Poor; Comments: Calendar drawn in circle; contains sketches in pencil probably made later
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 14 Mar 1905
Extent:: 59 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/6
Title:: 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
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1908-1915?
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/7
Title:: King Njoya’s Brass Inkwell
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 5 photographic images of same object; Pages: 5; Measurements: 16cm x 10cm; Dates: unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: on side is King Njoya’s name, written in a “mirror image”. When ink is applied to the protruding brass letters and a paper is placed against it, the ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/8
Title:: 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)
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1910-1915?
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/9
Title:: Festival of Nguon, including a list of gifts contributed by various lineages
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Very Poor; oil on paper makes it blurry; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/10
Title:: History of King Mbuombuo (1st)
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 28; Pages: 56; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: unknown; Script: early script variants; Condition: Good; Comments: blue and red ink
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/11
Title:: History and Culture of the Bamum, known in conventional Bamum language (Shüpamom) as “Saanga MfonMum lo’ ma Rifum ne Tuet Ngou Pamom” [25 Mar 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 2660; Pages: 532; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: 1911; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 25 Mar 1905
Extent:: 532 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/12
Title:: Report on taxes paid to the Germans in 1914 and the French in 1916 [7 October 1914 and 11 December 1916]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 11cm; Dates: dated 7 October 1914 and 11 December 1916; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 7 Oct 1914-11 Dec 1916
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/13
Title:: Agenda of King Njoya [26 Mar 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 45; Pages: 90; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: 1912; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 26 Mar 1905
Extent:: 90 TIFF images

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