Njoya In Dress Uniform
Njoya may refer to: *Ibrahim Njoya (1870–1933), ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1885 until 1931, an intellectual, builder and inventor * Seidou Njimoluh Njoya (1902–1992), ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992 *Adamou Ndam Njoya Adamou Ndam Njoya (8 May 1942"Biographie de M. Adamou Ndam Nj ...

Ibrahim Njoya
King Ibrahim Mbouombouo Njoya (Bamum: , ''Iparəim Nʃuɔiya'', formerly spelled in Bamum as , and Germanicized as ''Njoja'') in Yaoundé, was seventeenth in a long dynasty of kings that ruled over Bamum and its people in western Cameroon dating back to the fourteenth century. He succeeded his father Nsangu, and ruled from 1886 or 1887 until his death in 1933, when he was succeeded by his son, Seidou Njimoluh Njoya. He ruled from the ancient walled city of Fumban. Person and life Njoya was born circa 1876. His father passed away when he was just three years old, and his mother ruled the kingdom until he could ascend to the throne at the age of 11. Colonel Gorges of the British Army, who met Njoya in 1914, described him thus as "a fine upstanding man."Gorges (1930) He practised polygamy — Gorges reported that he had 600 wives and 149 children by 1915; it is thought that he had 177 children in all. Under the influence of a German missionary, Njoya converted to Christiani ...
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Seidou Njimoluh Njoya
Seidou Njimoluh Njoya (Bamum: ''Sɛt-tu Nʒemɔleʔ Nʒeɔya'' , 1902 – 28 July 1992)DeLancey and DeLancey 206. ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992 as the Sultan of Foumban and Mfon of the Bamun. Njimoluh was the son of Ibrahim Njoya, and he was educated in French, English, and the bamum script developed by his father. In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators had exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé. The Bamum nobles had been scattered due to the French occupation, but they eventually chose Njimoluh from among Ibrahim Njoya's 177 children and reached an agreement with the French authorities. Seidou Njimoluh Njoya became the 18th mfon of the Bamum in June 1933 after the death of his father. Njoya later served on the legislative and national National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen ...
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