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EAP051/1/1/5
- Record Id:
- 036-002759839
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002759805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x000023
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP051/1/1/5
- Title:
- Nji Musa Collection [1933-1956]
- Scope & Content:
- Digital images of records created by Nji Musa during his exile in western Cameroon. The records consist of correspondence, decrees, stories, histories, communal savings organizations, and notes on medicine and Islam, and date from 1933-1956.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Bamum script and archives project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002759805
033-002759806
036-002759839 - Is part of:
- EAP051/1 : Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban,…
EAP051/1/1 : Modern Archives of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun [c1896-1975]
EAP051/1/1/5 : Nji Musa Collection [1933-1956] - Contains:
- EAP051/1/1/5/1 : Report on the Arrival of “the King” in Bapessi
EAP051/1/1/5/2 : Story of the Marriage of Zenabou in 1943
EAP051/1/1/5/3 : Record Book of People in Bapa (Bangwi Division), 1933
EAP051/1/1/5/4 : Record book for Tontine in Bambui [26 June 1942]
EAP051/1/1/5/5 : Bambui division .Record of Members of a Tontine and the names of beneficiaries [1 Feb 1942]
EAP051/1/1/5/6 : Letter sent by recorded delivery to NYAMSIE
EAP051/1/1/5/7 : Record book for a Tontine in Bambui [1 July 1942]
EAP051/1/1/5/8 : Record book for Tontine in Gbaù [1940]
EAP051/1/1/5/9 : Record book of Tontine in Bambui [28 March 1942]
EAP051/1/1/5/10 : Letter to the King and Nji Mfonfon, from Titamfon Monchame from Bapa [24 June 1937]
EAP051/1/1/5/11 : Letter from Tita Mfon Mochamo who was the assistant Manshüt to Mfon Musa, regarding ameeting between Mfon Musa and the King of…
EAP051/1/1/5/12 : Records of a Tontine relating various matters about the handling of money [prior to 1912]
EAP051/1/1/5/13 : Book of Monliper regarding a piece of land in the locality of Atlan
EAP051/1/1/5/14 : Shümom word list and various designs
EAP051/1/1/5/15 : Notes on SHINTUO concerning medicine
EAP051/1/1/5/16 : Notes on Islamic Prayer [1948 and 1950]
EAP051/1/1/5/17 : Notes on the Birth of a Female Child
EAP051/1/1/5/18 : Notes on various Medicinal Remedies and their associated Diseases
EAP051/1/1/5/19 : Notes on the Enthronement of Sultan Seidou NjiMolou
EAP051/1/1/5/20 : Notes on various people called by the King for collecting land history
EAP051/1/1/5/21 : List of People
EAP051/1/1/5/22 : Notes on Clairvoyance written on a tax receipt from Bamenda Division (British Cameroons) [1934-1935]
EAP051/1/1/5/23 : List of Medicinal Herbs and some little animals
EAP051/1/1/5/24 : List of People along with Letter of Chief NDUMKAIN from POUMPOU Max [ 9 December 1956]
EAP051/1/1/5/25 : Notes on the Prophet in Islam and the names of some Djins
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP051/1/1/5 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002759805[0001]/033-002759806[0005]/036-002759839
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 115 files consisting of 486 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP051-1-1-5⧉ (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Bamun
- Scripts:
- Bamum
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1956
- Date Range:
- 1933-1956
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Information About Originals:
- The original materials are held at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamum, in the Royal Palace of the Bamum Kings, Foumban, Cameroon
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Bamun (African people)
Bamun language - Places:
- Cameroon, Africa
