Various issues, including: 1. remedy against vaginal infection; 2. remedy against poison; 3. remedy against infertility; 4. recommendation on how to receive these remedies – who must be paid and how much, and 5. a far [20 May 1938]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 4 (folded, with one page blank); Measurements: 13.3cm x 10.3cm; Dates 20 May 1938 (only the entry for the land contract has a date, which includes also the place, Koupare, and the time, 2:00 pm); Script: Akauku Mfemfe in black ink and pencil; Condition: Good; Comments:
Large Map of the Bamum Kingdom with Identifications in Bamum Script by Nji MAMA
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 63cm x 40cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor condition; Comments: Nji Mama is regarded as a great map maker of the Bamum Kingdom, for which thiselaborately drawn map provides evidence
Letter to Nji MAMA from Ne Kouobé Aminatou reporting speech and messages [11 May 1949]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 2; Pages: 3 (letter and envelope); Measurements: letter 31.4cm x 28cm; envelope 15.2cm x 12.5cm; Dates 11 May 1949; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments: The envelope, dated 1938, is unrelated and obviously misplaced
Letter and envelope to Nji Mama from Amidu regarding a trip and other news [19 Apr 1948]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (plus envelope); Measurements: letter 27.9cm x 21.4cm and envelope 15cm x 8.8cm; Dates 19 April 1948; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Good; Comments: Envelope includes 2 stamps
Letter from Mfon Musa to Pafumnjati asking him to send food [c 1930s? ]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16.3cm x 13cm; Dates ca.1930s? (letter not dated); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: Mfon Musa, who is living in exile out of the Bamum Kingdom, is asserting that he is the rightful Bamum heir to the throne as successor to King Njoya
Notes on various people called by the King for collecting land history
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13.5cm x 8.5m; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script; Condition: Fair; Comments: Written on the back of an English language form