Letter to Nji MAMA from NDUOP Emmanuel, in Douala, regarding school fees [18 Mar 1951]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 2 (1 large leaf folded into 4 pages, one blank; includes envelope); Measurements: 22cm x 16.5cm; Dates 18 March 1951; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments:
Instructions for the use of a Evansol Disinfectant; Nji Mama adds his notes in Bamum script
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 24.7cm x 19cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Printed in roman script (French language) with Nji Mama’s notes added in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Envelope addressed to J.S. Pofoura, Foumban; Nji Mama adds his notes in Bamum script
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14.5cm x 11cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Original in roman script with Nji Mama’s slight notes added late in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments:
Letter to Nji MAMA from POKEKO Zakari, from Matouke, regarding bag and wife [28 Jun 1937]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22cm x 17cm; Dates 28 June 1937; Script: Letter in roman script (French language) with name and address in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: When the letter is folded into a small square, only the address in Akauku Mfemfe isvisable.
News in the Bamum Kingdom by Nji Mama including a sketch (of a throne?) [01 Jun 1926]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (item long and photographed in several sections); Measurements: 34.3cm x 22.3cm; Dates June 1926; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Filled with news of important historical nature, deserving of detailed futureexamination; the figures drawn on the sketch (throne...
Letter to TIKOMPAFUL from NDAM m’on Ne regarding a Bridge over a River in Makom
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21.3cm x 14cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe with slight writing in roman script (address) and Arabic script (“Bismillah”at beginning of letter); Condition: Good; Comments:
Arabic script talisman dealing with the afterlife of Muslims, with notes in Akauku Mfemfe.
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14cm x 10.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script in Hausa ink with Akauku mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes magic square. The numerals “12” and “13” at the top of the pages in blueink were added, unfortunately, on the eve of transfer by so...