Talk:List of rulers of the Bamum

Other sultans

The Historical Dicationary of the Republic of Cameroon lists another sultan, not on this page (or on it under a different name): Mbwe-Mbwe, who was the 10th Bamum sultan and ruled during the 18th century. It also has an entry on Nshare, the "presumed founder of the Bamoum people in the 17th century". History of Cameroon Since 1800 lists Nsangu as another prominent Bamum king; he is presumably the Nsangou listed on the page currently. Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon gives a complete list of Fons, which extends the royal line back to 1394 and clears up some of this confusion. I'll try to expand the list sometime soon with this information. — BrianSmithson 01:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't figure out the table on the article page, so I'll put the information here for someone else to incorporate. According to Neba, Aaron (1999). Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon, 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers, p. 57, the dynasty goes thus:

• Nchare Yen, 1394–1418
• Ngouopou, 1418–1461
• Monjou, 1461–1498
• Mengap, 1498–1519
• Ngouh I, 1519–1544
• Fifen, 1544–1568
• Ngouh II, 1568–1590
• Ngapna, 1590–1629
• Ngouloure, 1629–1672
• Kouotou, 1672–1757
• Mbwembwe, 1757–1814
• Gbetnkom, 1814–1817
• Mbeikouo, 1817–1818
• Ngoohouo, 1818–1865
• Ngoungoure, 30 minutes in 1865
• Nsangou, 1865–1889
• Ibrahim Njoya, 1889–1933
• El-Haji Seidou, Njimoluh Njoya, 1933–1992
• Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 1992–present

These are presumably the French transliterations of the name (the ou phoneme would be u in English transliteration). I'd propose going with English transliterations until Seidou Njimoluh Njoya, since he was the first king to be born in Francophone Cameroon. — BrianSmithson 06:34, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah the table is kinda difficult. I went to the liberty of putting the rest of the list up. think i screwed up part of the table. Scott Free 17:50, 27 June 2007 (UTC)