Seidou Njimoluh Njoya

Seidou Njimoluh Njoya was a Cameroonian traditional ruler who served as Mfon of the Bamum from 1933 to 1992. Njimoluh was the son of Ibrahim Njoya, and he was educated in French, English, and the Bamum script developed by his father. In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators had exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé. The Bamum nobles had been scattered due to French rule, but they eventually chose Njimoluh from among Ibrahim Njoya's 177 children and reached an agreement with the French authorities. Seidou Njimoluh Njoya became the 18th mfon of the Bamum in June 1933 after the death of his father.