Letter to Nji Mama from NJOYA Ibrahimu in which he gives blessing to Nji Mama’s children
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 18.5cm x 14.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: On the bottom right of the first page is a drawing of a woman “Adma”
Report on the traditional and modern ways of marriage celebration
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 59.5cm x 33cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: This is the outside packaging in which documents were held
Letter from King NJOYA to Nji MAMA and NJOYA Ibrahimu from Simeyong (in Yaoundé, where the King was in exile) [20 Apr 1934]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21.5cm x 13.7cm; Dates 20 April 1934 (this date is incorrect; see note below); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Letter includes the faded stamp of King NJOYA and his signature. This letter is very clearly dated 20 April 1934, which is an impossi...
Letter to NJI MAMA and NJOYA Ibrahimu from King NJOYA from Nsimeyong, Yaoundé, reporting on recent news [21 Sep 1932]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 27cm x 21cm; Dates 21 September 1932; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes the official seal of King NJOYA and the King’s signature
Letter of Greetings from King NJOYA to the Mfonmenyan at Njilum [21 Sep 1932]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21cm x 23.7cm; Dates 21 September 1932; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes the official seal of King NJOYA; “Mfonmenyan” was Njoya’s official in charge of trading activities, and he was a prominent merchant based at Njilum; the fact that ...
Letter from King NJOYA to NJOYA Ibrahimu Njoya acknowledging receipt of the photograph that NJOYA Ibrahimu sent him [28 Apr 1934]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14.2cm x 13.5cm; Dates 28 April 1934 (this is incorrect, see Comments for APRB 163); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes official stamp of King NJOYA and the King’s signature; this communication deserves further study as it appears to cont...
Letter from King NJOYA to NJI MAMA and NJOYA Ibrahimu [23 Feb 1934]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20cm x 16.2cm; Dates 23 February 1934 (see COMMENTS for APRB 163 for an explanation of this date); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Register for the Shîshüt with an inventory of the palace storeroom
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 4 (this is 1 large leaf folded into 4 pages); Measurements: 41.5cm x 27cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: The Shîshüt are the guardians of the palace
Letter to NJI MAMA PEKEKÙE from Ali FOSHIGÙE in Buea [07 Nov 1949]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 21.2cm x 17cm; Dates Letter appears to be dated 7 November 1949 but NJI MAMA seems to indicate it was not received until May 1950; Script: Letter in roman script (French) with NJI MAMA’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: No photograph in letter