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EAP051/1/1/12/535
- Record Id:
- 040-002760789
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002759805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x0003d9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP051/1/1/12/535
- Title:
- History of the Late King NJOYA and his Queens, along with a list of men and women, with notesby both Nji MAMA and the Sub-Colonial Administrator known as TAPON in Kugham [30 Apr 1937]
- Scope & Content:
- Leaves: 6; Pages: 10 (some of them blank); Measurements: 25.5cm x 17.6cm; Dates 30 April 1937; Script: Lewa (first script), Bima (second script), Akauku Nyiet, Akauku Mfemfe, and roman script(for transcribing Bamum names and French language); Condition: Good; Comments: Written in an exercise book. This book represents at least four script variants andsince it was written in 1937 we see that Nji Mama continued to use the early script variants farlonger than they remained in popular usage.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Bamum script and archives project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002759805
033-002759806
036-002760254
040-002760789 - 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]
EAP051/1/1/12 : Nji Mama Nsangou Collection [1910-1946]
EAP051/1/1/12/535 : History of the Late King NJOYA and his Queens, along with a list of men and women, with notesby both Nji MAMA and the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002759805[0001]/033-002759806[0012]/036-002760254[0535]/040-002760789
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 10 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP051-1-1-12-535
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bamun
- Scripts:
- Bamum
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 30 Apr 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- APRB 756
- 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)