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King Ibrahim Njoya | |
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ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꚳ꛰ꛀꚧꚩꛂ 𖦊𖧏𖣙 | |
 A photograph of Ibrahim Njoya | |
| 17th Mfon of the Bamun | |
| In office c. 1886 or 1887 – 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Nsangou |
| Succeeded by | Seidou Njimoluh Njoya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1860 |
| Died | c. 1933 |
| Spouse | ~1200 concurrent wives |
| Children | ~350 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Bamum |
Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (Bamum: ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꚳ꛰ꛀꚧꚩꛂ, Iparəim Nʃuɔiya, formerly spelled in Bamum as 
𖦊𖧏𖣙, and Germanicized as Njoja) c. 1860 – c. 1933 in Yaoundé, was seventeenth in a long dynasty of kings that ruled over Bamum and its people in western Cameroon dating back to the fourteenth century. He succeeded his father Nsangu,[1] 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.
Njoya was a neographer, having invented the Bamum syllabary and Shümom language.[2]
- ^ Cornell Archived June 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Orosz, Kenneth J. (2015). "Njoya's Alphabet". Cahiers d'études africaines (217): 45–66. doi:10.4000/etudesafricaines.18002. Retrieved September 13, 2024.