List of forty villages with King Njoya’s schools in the kingdom, 1918-1920 [1918 and 1920]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 19cm x 26cm; Dates: 1918 and 1920; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black ink; Condition: Good (weathering); added to the original document are markings made by Emmanual Ndayou Njoya in 1979 prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project; Co...
Copy of a letter from King Njoya to a colonial administrator regarding taxes [c 1920]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 19cm x 26cm; Dates: ca. 1920; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black ink; Condition: Fair (weathering); added to the original document are markings made by Emmanuel Ndayou Njoya ca. 1979 prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project; Commen...
Record of the arrival of the first white men in the Bamum Kingdom [c 1910-1915?]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 22cm x 15cm; Dates: ca.1910-1915?; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: a date appears to translate as “July 1902” but needs verification (but the document was created at least a decade after this, judging by the script variant employed)
Six remedies for snake bite and a list of the Bamum dynasties
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 3 (one side is divided into 2 pages); Measurements: 15cm x 18cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and red and black ink; Condition: Good; Comments: List of Bamum dynasties appears in red ink
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 ...
Charge of theft of money signed by King Njoya [26 Jan 1920]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14.5cm x 17cm; Dates: 26 January 1920; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and blue pencil; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes a large signature of King Njoya, made like an official stamp, over the body of the letter