The Fon of Bafut is the fon or Mfor (traditional ruler) of the town of Bafut and its adjoining areas in the Northwest Province, Cameroon, which comprise the erstwhile Fondom of Bafut. At present, the Fon of Bafut is still a local ruler, but under the jurisdiction of the Government of Cameroon, and a board of Fons. Bafut is one of the largest villages in the North West Province.
Once autocratic, the Fondom of Bafut was turned into a part of the German protectorate of Cameroon (Kamerun Schutzgebiet) due to increasing tension, military conflict, and finally defeat at the hands of the Germans in the Bafut Wars (1901–1907) during the reign of Abumbi I. After World War I, the Fon of Bafut and his people became part of the British protectorate of the Cameroons or British Cameroon.
The FonofBafut is the fon or Mfor (traditional ruler) of the town ofBafut and its adjoining areas in the Northwest Province, Cameroon, which comprise...
The Bafut Wars were a series of wars fought in the early 20th century between the troops of the FonofBafut and German-backed troops of neighbouring fondoms...
the town ofBafut. Bafut was a fondom or kingdom - ruled by the FonofBafut using traditional power structures. However, following the Bafut Wars in the...
depiction of a native ruler, the FonofBafut, who proved so popular that Durrell visited him again in A Zoo in My Luggage. The book portray the Fon mostly...
different places. At the end of the nineteenth century, Bafut fought against Germans and their allies in the Bafut wars. The FonofBafut is appointed directly...
The Fondom ofBafut political system centred on the Fon or Mfor who was the fount of the political and religious life of the people. The Fon had multifarious...
This is a list of wars involving Germany from 1806. It includes the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation...
trip to British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1950. On the first of these trips, he met the FonofBafut Achirimbi II, a West African chieftain who helped him organise...
Achirimbi II was the tenth Fon ("King") who ruled over the town ofBafut and adjoining areas (the Fondom ofBafut) in a semi-autonomous fashion. His reign...
Cameroon (1957) (A Zoo in My Luggage – an account of her meeting with the FonofBafut Achirimbi II is described here) New Zealand-Australia-Malaysia (1961)...
"General Ebube" – Rebel commander of unknown affiliation. Operated in Bafut, Bui, and Donga-Mantung; led the blockade of the Kumbo-Nkambé road. Reportedly...
Kimbi River Game Reserve, the Menchum River waterfalls, a huge Fon's palace at Bafut, and a pyramidal thatched shrine at Akum (also known as Bagangu)...
Operation Free Bafut was a week-long Cameroonian military operation against the Seven Karta militia in and around Bafut that resulted in the deaths of two separatist...
people through Tikar rulers in the Kingdom of Bamum. However, the Kom, Nso, Bamum, Ndop-Bamunka, and Bafut peoples are the only ethnic groups that anthropologists...
of 28,152 (2005). The town is located at the meeting point of the Momo and Man River. It is also the homeland of Ambazonian lawyer and activist, Fon Gorji...
characters of the book show strong resemblance to real people, introduced in Durrell's autobiographical books: Kingy is similar to the FonofBafut, while...
Northwest Region of Cameroon. Their traditional language is Lamnso (language of Nso) and their capital is Kumbo – where the Palace of the Fon is found. The...
fast-flowing streams. The Menchum Falls, about 20 km south of Wum and 30 km north ofBafut, are impressive and a potential tourist attraction. However...
Guneku is one of the 31 communities that make up the Meta clan sharing boundaries with Mbemi, Nyen, Tugi, Zang-Tembeng, Oshie, Mundum and Bafut. The Bantous...
division, parts of Mezam, Lebialem, Manyu, Menchum, Menoua, and Bamboutus divisions. Residing in the Momo Division, around Widikum, Fon Gorji Dinka, Ambazonian...
Lord of Kikaikom dies". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 8 April 2022. Ambazonia Restoration Forces Use Nso Fon As Prisoner Of War, Demands Release Of Amba Leaders...