Photographs above mainly show the old Foumban Palace (destroyed by 1910), at this time ruled by King Njoya. The later reconstruction – that still exists today – would be designed in a Western-Arab inspired style.
The Bamum Kingdom had be established in the region since the 1300s.
![Traditional architecture in the Kingdom of Bamum - Cameroon, Central-West Africa. Photographed circa 1907. [1080x774]](https://i.redd.it/1tmjgxxiemx51.jpg)
TheAfternoonStandard
Full album with larger pictures: https://ibb.co/album/LdyCWY?sort=date_asc&page=1¶ms_hidden%5Blist%5D=images¶ms_hidden%5Bfrom%5D=album¶ms_hidden%5Balbumid%5D=LdyCWY
Photographs above mainly show the old Foumban Palace (destroyed by 1910), at this time ruled by King Njoya. The later reconstruction – that still exists today – would be designed in a Western-Arab inspired style.
The Bamum Kingdom had be established in the region since the 1300s.
Kingdom of Bamum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bamum
Foumban Palace (Old): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bamum
King Njoya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Njoya
feldruid
That’s amazing! I admittedly know very little about pre-colonial Africa. I should change that.
AmericanMurderLog
Cool post. Thanks for sharing.