An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024 shows the new exhibition hall and the royal palace of the Bamoun community in Foumban, West Region, Cameroon. Nguon, rituals of governance and ...

"I am very proud to be Bamoun, these are moments that allow us to learn about our culture and pass it on to our children," said Amadou Njoya, a 21-year-old native of Foumban. Cameroon's 270 ethnic ...

One of the most significant African museum openings of 2024 was the Musée des Rois Bamoun, or Museum of the Bamoun Kings, in Foumban, Cameroon. Cameroonian archaeologist and heritage scholar ...

FOUMBAN, Cameroon — Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a centuries-old kingdom nestled in ...

entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a centuries-old kingdom nestled in hilly northwestern Cameroon. The 20th king of the Bamoun people, Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya ...