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FoumbanNjinkaCulture & sights

A place with a story

Musée des Rois BamounChecked by NiceThings

Culture & sights in Njinka, Foumban.

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Devant le Musée des rois bamoun, la dynastie. Photo : D. Ndonnang Nanga Zenas / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The story of the place

Opened on 13 April 2024 next to the sultans’ palace, the Museum of the Bamoun Kings tells the story of a dynasty going back to 1394. Its 5,000 square metres take up the kingdom’s emblems: the two-headed serpent, the spider and the double bell. Inside, more than ten thousand pieces. Sources: Global Voices, VOA.

How to get there

In Foumban, next to the sultans’ palace. Foumban is about 70 km from Bafoussam by road.

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AddressNjinka, Foumban

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In our articles

La façade du palais des sultans bamoun à Foumban, en brique, avec ses arcades
Culture

Foumban: walking through the city where a king invented a script

A red-brick palace that is still lived in, a museum shaped like a two-headed serpent, workshops where bronze is still cast: Foumban is a city to visit on foot, slowly. How to get there, what to see, and what you bring back.

4 min read· Foumban

And after?

A coffee or a table to round off the outing.

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