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(1860–1933), distinguished ruler, intellectual, and innovator,
was 17th in a long dynasty of kings that ruled over Bamum and
its people in western Cameroon dating back to the 14th century.
He succeeded his father Nsangu (hn-SAH-hn-goo),[1][dead link]
and ruled from 1886 or 1887 until his death in 1933, when he was
succeeded by his son, Seidou Njimoluh Njoya. He ruled from the
ancient walled city of Fumban.  Person and life[edit]  Colonel
Gorges of the British Army, who met him in 1914, described him
thus: "A fine upstanding man, not very negro in type, dressed in
blue robes and wearing a turban with the end tied under his chin
and over his mouth."[2] He practised polygamy – Gorges reported
that he had six hundred wives, and 149 children by 1915; it is
thought that he had 177 children in all.   Njoya's mother,
Njapdunke, initially acted as regent until he reached majority.
His own official ru