Medicine to treat epilepsy from Nji Njouonkou. On reverse is a letter from Adamou Nji Mantoum to Adamou Pamfumjati [16 Oct 1919]
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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:
Letter from King Njoya to H. Njoya and Andre Munbweva in Foumban, written from palace at Mantoum [08 Apr 1905]
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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...
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]
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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...
Letter to King Njoya from Captain J.W.N.D. Tyndall, written from Foumban, thanking the King for his kind treatment of British forces during their stay in Foumban [30 Jan 1916]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14cm x 19cm; Dates: 30 January 1916; Script: Roman script (English language) and slight Arabic script in black ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes official crest of the British forces in the First World War (that is, West African Frontier Force). The letter...
Report on the numbers of pupils registered in King Njoya’s schools in various villages and the heads of various schools [17 Aug 1917]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 19cm x 26cm; Dates: 17 August (Sunday) 1917; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black ink; Condition: Fair (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 P...
Notes about paying a bride price for a woman; also notes on the first war of King Njoya
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 17cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Arabic script and Akauku Mfemfe in blue ink; Condition: Fair (paper torn in original form); Comments:
Short history of Mfon Pangoun, King of Bandjun, as well as instructions for a medicine for body pain
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 14cm x 10cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and Arabic script and roman script in blue ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Written on an envelope addressed to Pafoumjati
King Njoya’s Last Will entrusting the throne to his son, Seidou [3 September 1928 and 26 December 1942]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 18cm x 24cm; Dates: 3 September 1928 (King Njoya) and 26 December 1942 (Sultan Seidou); Script: Akauku Mfemfe in native black ink and Roman script (French language); Condition: Poor (taped); Comments: Includes the official palace stamps and signature of both Kin...
Agreement of Loyalty pledged between King Njoya and His Scribes [18 May 1922]
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 32cm x 20cm; Dates 18 May 1922 (date signed); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; taped; foxing edges; Comments: The agreement includes 41 numbered stipulations and includes Njoya’s signature in red and blue pencil