Explore: Bamum Art

The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields ethnic group located in now Cameroon. In 2018, the Bamum and Bamileke peoples

rulers of the Bamum History of Cameroon Bamum Kingdom of Bamum Riley, Charles (2007-01-19). "L2/07-023: Towards the Encoding of the Bamum Script in the

artists of the Bamum people (Cameroon); before 1880; wood, copper, glass beads, raffia and shells; height: 66 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Ngaad-A-Mwash

masterpiece of art and architecture, Editions Ndam and Raynier, Yaounde, Foumban, 1975, 48 p. Kingdom of Bamum Foumban Bamum people Ibrahim Njoya Bamum language

Americas. The Bamum people and other ethnic groups have also asserted their link to the Tikar people through Tikar rulers in the Kingdom of Bamum. However

colloquial British and Commonwealth English Chrysanthemum, or mum, a plant Bamum kingdom or Mum, Cameroon Mum, Burma, a village in Burma Mum language, a

warriors. By the end of the century, Bamum had perhaps 10,000-12,000 within its domain. The history and customs of the Bamum list ten kings between the founder

Margaret; Dugast, I. (2017-02-10). Peoples of the Central Cameroons (Tikar. Bamum and Bamileke. Banen, Bafia and Balom): Western Africa Part IX. Routledge

Sultan Ibrahim Njoya created the Bamum script, or Shu Mom, for the Bamum language. It is taught in Cameroon by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project. Germany

ones: "In the Bamum area there is an interesting type of hut. In referring to it Ankermann says: "The men's houses (Herrenhäuser) in Bamum, in contrast