Pageantry in the Palace - Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon

Usmanou Nsangou, a native Cameroonian from the Bamum Kingdom now living in Boston, shares his personal encounters with the Bamum king and the life at the royal court in the kingdom’s capital Foumban. He tells us about the vibrant annual ngoun celebrations and remembers the deep impressions some masks used in these gatherings left in him.
CREDITS
Content Consultant/ Videographer/ Still Photographer: Christraud Geary
Narrator: Usmanou Nsangou
Director/Producer: Agnes Stauber
Editor: Mark Eby

[@user-xj2bw7po9c]

Beautiful my dear brother!!!

[@ponygirlswagg]

My grandpa is the King Njoya, I was the only one who never got to meet him.

[@borishall]

My royal family!

[@RGY301]

So I see this royalty I'm Sokoto Nigeria how the sultan is the highest seat with this royal umbrella and fabric. I would like to know if the Sokoto Caliphate had something to do with this bamun kingdom.
My father is from Bamenda so I am apart of this culture and I'm doing independent research about this kingdom trying to corroborate it to the Sokoto Caliphate

[@FreedomBiafra]

It's sad to see how much Arab influenced bamoun people are