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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/78
Title:: Record of a Jangui and notes on the invention of the Bamum script
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 8cm x 12cm; Dates: Unknown but possibly 1931; Script: Akauku Mfemfe with slight Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/79
Title:: Antidote for snake bite along with a Muslim prayer
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 8cm x 12cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and native black ink; Condition: Fair; Comments: Muslim prayer in Bamum language and Bamum script
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/80
Title:: Jangui report by Souleyman documenting theft of money along with a verse from Qur'an
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 8cm x 12cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: The document notes that Mariama escaped with “155 money” and a hen
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/81
Title:: Amulet for Great Fishing from Mbuombuo
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 8cm x 12cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and native black ink; Condition: Fair; added to the original document are markings in red ink made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/82
Title:: Medicine to protect against hernia along with sentences for recitation in Arabic
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 8cm x 12cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: The document reports that the price of the medicine is one hen
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/83
Title:: Medicine to treat hernia among children described by Nji Ngamga
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 9cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/84
Title:: Medicine for hernia including instructions for payment
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 13cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil with some scratched out writing in roman script (transcribing English and Bamum); Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/85
Title:: Medicine to protect against charms, to cure headaches, and list of Jangui winners
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 2; Pages: 6; Measurements: 16cm x 25cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/86
Title:: Letter to Price Musa, in exile, from Malam Muhammed which announces the arrival of French colonials in the Bamum Kingdom; the document contains, independent of the letter, directions for a medicine for hunting
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 25cm; Dates: Unknown (?1919); Script: Arabic script in black ink and Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes talismanic writing in Arabic script
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/87
Title:: Medicine to treat hernia and cost of payment for medicine, along with letter in Arabic script
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13cm x 19cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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