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
Scope & Content:
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]
Scope & Content:
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
Record of a Trial over the matter of the raffia field in Fomloum [ May 1922]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 20.2cm x 15cm; Dates May 1922; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes King NJOYA’S seal
Letter in French to Nji MAMA from child, Guemanou, along with Nji Mama’s notes about coffee prices
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 21cm x 15.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (French language), with signature in roman script orthography for writing Bamum language; Condition: Good; Comments:
Prayer from the Surate Al Falaq in the Qur'an transliterated into Bamum language, with sketches (maps?)
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 17cm x 10.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe (transcribing Arabic language); Condition: Good; Comments: This is a transliteration of Arabic, meaning that the reader reads the Akauku Mfemfe script and the result is an understandable rendition of the correc...