Project / Collection: Bamum script and archives project / Place: Foumban, Cameroon / Digitised Content Platform: Endangered Archives Programme - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1
Title:: Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban, Cameroon [c1896-1975]
Scope & Content:: This fonds consists of digital surrogates of the Bamum manuscript collections of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The three divisions within the Archives - Modern Archives, Reserve Archives and Museum Collection - are represented here, consisting of correspondence, journals, official palac...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Bamun, Duala, English, French, and German
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 3 sub-fonds containing 2,714 files, consisting of 13,511 TIFF images

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