Letter from Princess Ngoundu, from Northwest (in exile) to PAFUMJATI which tells Pafumjati her brother stole her belongings when she left Foumban for the northwest; also a short note on the departure of the Germans and arrival of the French i
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20cm x 16cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Letter from Nji NCHARE asking someone to take care of his land in Foumban because he will be returning
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: Written on the back of a piece of cardboard. It appears that Nji Nchare had followed Mfon Musa into exile in the northwest of Cameroon.
Invocation to obtain God’s charity, with instruction on what should be read and number of times to be repeated
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 10.7cm x 7cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic numerals (Eastern variant); Condition: Poor; Comments: At the beginning, as is so often the case with documents related to Mfon Musa, the first item at the top of the page, written in three characters...
Manuscript of NJOYA Mohalim Nouredine Mohamed Ben El-Hadj Sin of Manka regarding thebirthday commemoration of the Prophet Mohamed [24 May 1905]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 25.8cm x 16.1cm; Dates 1971; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Very good, with tearing and staining in the upper right hand corner; Comments: The document is decorated and multicolored. Apart from the various handwrittenscripts, the document is...
Photocopy of Bamum script section of panel from drawn historical scene depicting the battlebetween the Hausa and the Fulani during the time of King Mbuombuo
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 29.7cm x 21cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: See APRB 1383 for copy of original
History Book of the Bamum Kingdom, including: - History of Kings - History of Mothers of Queens - History of Wars - Laws, Rules, and Regulations of the Kingdom [c 1910]
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Leaves: 45; Pages: 89; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates ca. 1910?; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fairly good, with foxing of edges; Comments: The book is actually several independent writings on the history of the Bamum Kingdom, all very original