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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/7
Title:: Notes on basic prayers in Islam and market accounting notes
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 16.8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes designs
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/8
Title:: Notes on the Glorification of God with a Calendar
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Poor (torn pages); Comments: Includes designs
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/9
Title:: Notes on Allah’s Judgement after Death and listings of various Islamic Holy Months
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script and Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes designs such as the Islamic crescent moon and stars
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/10
Title:: Notes from Nji Sulemanu regarding prayer after the death of his Father
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script only; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/11
Title:: Notes on the Glorification of God, His Messenger for Mankind, and a list of various people
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/12
Title:: Typed letter in French from NGAPOUT Mama to the Administrateor of Yoko regarding a Divorce, with panels of sketchings on reverse
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (page is large, so front page – typed letter – snapped as whole and also top and bottom); Measurements: 31cm x 20cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes many designs
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/13
Title:: Elaborate Drawings by NJI NGÂPUT
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 9; Pages: 17; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe (ready “Njoya”) inside King Njoya’s seal and a caption of “Lion” in roman script (English language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1940-1960
Extent:: 17 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/7/14
Title:: Bamum sketchings and historical notes [c 1940s]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 23; Pages: 44; Measurements: various sizes; Dates ca. 1940s; Script: Akauku mfemfe in pencil and various ink colors; some roman script (Bamum language);Arabic script; typed letter in roman script (French); Condition: Good (although torn on some pages); Comments: Akauku mfemfe syllabary an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and French
Date Range:: c 1940s
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/8
Title:: Nji Nsangou Yacouba Collection [early 20th century]
Scope & Content:: Digital images of early-varient Bamum script written on banana leaf, inherited by Nji Nchare Yacouba from his grandfather, Nji Nsangou Yacouba, who was a palace general. The writings on the leaf have been dated by the EAP051 project to the early 20th century.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 1 file consisting of 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1/8/1
Title:: Early Bamum script on Banana [early 20th century]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 2; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20cm x 17.5cm (“Rii nyi fà fu”) and 18cm x 17.3cm (“Akauku tùnte”); Dates Early Twentieth century; Script: Bamum; Condition: Very good; Comments: Oral testimonies around the Bamum kingdom confirm the use of banana leaves in thelate nineteenth and early twentieth...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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