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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/148
Title:: Brideprice paid for Ramatou by Souleman at Mangourain; also, note on the population census in Mangourain
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 12cm x 16cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and native black ink; Condition: Good; added to the original document are slight markings (in this case, the numeral 7) made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Arc...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/149
Title:: Instructions on using sorcery against an enemy who is far away from you
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 3 (one side divided into 2 pages); Measurements: 16cm x 21cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Good; added to the original document are slight markings (in this case, the numerals 1 and 3) made at some point prior to the commencement ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/150
Title:: Medicine to treat a chronic stomach pain which can be caused by poisoning
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 15cm x 18cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in native black ink and blue pen; Condition: Good; added to the original document are slight markings in French made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project; Com...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/151
Title:: Medicine to treat male impotence [c 1946]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13.5cm x 16cm; Dates: ca. 1946; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair (torn); Comments: Written on a calendar from 1946
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1946
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/152
Title:: Medicine for success in trading and male virility
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 18cm x 16cm (irregular shape); Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on an enveloped that has been unglued
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/153
Title:: Instructions on making a charm to attract women
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17cm x 22cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Nyinyi Fafu in red ink and Akauku Nyiet (only slight) and Mfemfe in pencil and native black ink; Condition: Good; added to the original document are slight markings in French in red pen and numerals in pencil made at some poi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/154
Title:: Medicine to make a wife come back to you who has divorced you
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 14cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Good; added to the original document are slight markings (numeral 2) in blue pen made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Proj...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/155
Title:: Medicine to cure hernia from Nji Njouh
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 14cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair (slightly torn); added to the original document are slight markings (numeral 4) in blue pen made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Projec...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/156
Title:: Zutfu Li Bok Njoya (Bamum Pharmacopeia)
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 63 + cover; Pages: 126 + cover; Measurements: 16cm x 23cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Primarily Akauku Nyiet and Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and a variety of ink colors; Condition: Good; Comments: Title “Zutfu Li Bok Njoya” translates from Shumom as “Njoya’s Pharmacopeia”) however only the title...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 127 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/157
Title:: Multiplication tables in Akauku Mfemfe numerals and a short prayer in Arabic script
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 12cm x 16cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and Arabic script in native black ink; Condition: Fair; added to the original document are slight markings in French, along with numerals, in blue pen made at some point prior to the commencement of wo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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