Bamum Kingdom

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bamum_Kingdom
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:architecture gptkb:Bamum_Royal_Palace
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Foumban
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:currency cowrie shells
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Bamum_people
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Nguon_Festival
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Bamum_Kingdom_flag
gptkbp:founded 14th century
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Nchare_Yen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bamum Kingdom
gptkbp:language gptkb:Bamum_language
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cameroon
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Palace_of_the_Bamum_Kings
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Bamileke_Kingdoms
gptkb:Tikar_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableEvent creation of Bamum script by Sultan Njoya
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Bamum_throne
Bamum masks
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Ibrahim_Njoya
gptkbp:population approximately 215,000 (Bamum people)
gptkbp:president gptkb:Sultan_Ibrahim_Mbombo_Njoya
gptkbp:region gptkb:Grassfields
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:status gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Bamum_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bamum_people
gptkb:Bamoun
gptkb:Bamum_script
gptkb:Bamum_dynasty
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6