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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/44
Title:: List of various diseases, the names of people who have suffered them, along with the names of the doctors who treated the diseases
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 19.5cm x 28cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet in black ink and pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/86
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):: EAP051/1/2/90
Title:: Medicine to make an adversary deaf and dumb in court when testifying; also medicines for throat and body pain and medicine for cattle
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14cm x 7cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/91
Title:: Letter from Mako to Malam Abdu, written from Bamenda, warning of police arrest; also, medicine to treat pain of the ribcage [25 Sep 1952]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 21cm; Dates: 25 September 1952; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and roman script (English language) in blue ink; Condition: Fair (torn); Comments: Further study of this document may reveal that the medicine for pain of the ribcage is connected in some way...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: 25 Sep 1952
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/112
Title:: Administration of medicine known as “Fu Gwou”, scarification on the head and hand to make a man powerful for head butting and punching
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 18cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black Hausa ink and pencil; Arabic script in pencil; Condition: Good; added to the original document are markings in blue ink made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Arch...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/116
Title:: Letter from John Mbufung to mother, along with notes on how to be strong in fights communicated by Nji Mantum; also, some diseases and their cures [03 Mar 1943]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 16cm; Dates: 3 March 1943; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and roman script (English language) in black ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Letter appears to be sent from either Nigeria or British Cameroons and it is possible that the letter writer was servin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Bamun
Date Range:: 03 Mar 1943
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/136
Title:: History of the arrival of the Fulbe with later notes added on medicine for hernia administered through drinking and scarification [c 1945]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17cm x 22cm; Dates: Several dates, ranging from ca. 1902 through ca. 1945; Script: Nyi Nyi Fafu men script variant and Mbima variant in native black ink with later characters (in section dealing with hernia) added on reverse in Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1945
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/142
Title:: Medicine to treat epilepsy from Nji Njouonkou. On reverse is a letter from Adamou Nji Mantoum to Adamou Pamfumjati [16 Oct 1919]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 3 (one side divided into two pages); Measurements: 15cm x 18cm; Dates: 16 October 1919 (date of letter); Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 16 Oct 1919
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/213
Title:: Letter from King Njoya to H. Njoya and Andre Munbweva in Foumban, written from palace at Mantoum [08 Apr 1905]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17cm x 24cm; Dates: 1925; Script: Roman script (Bamum language) in purple ink with signature in same ink in Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes the official palace stamp of King Njoya and King Njoya’s signature and title “Sultan N’Joya”; the lette...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: 08 Apr 1905
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/241
Title:: Letter from King Njoya, writing from the palace at Mantoum, to Njori, communicating that money should be sent; also, a list of names who should give the money [c 1927]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 3 (one side divided into two pages); Measurements: 14cm x 10cm; Dates: ca. 1927; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Good; added to the original document are markings in the French language in blue pen made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1927
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

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