Jaunde-Texte von Karl Atangana und Paul Messi

Yaoundé texts of Karl and Paul Atangana Messi, along with experimental phonetic studies on the pitches in Yaoundé and an introduction to the Jaundesprache is a book that was written by Karl and Paul Atangana Messi and published in 1919 by linguist Martin Heppe.

Atangana compiled the book, while he lived in the city of Hamburg, 1911-1913. Consists of his letters and from folklore and from the oral traditions, which he as a young Ewondo Boy in West Africa before the establishment of the German Cameroon colony learned. It was published in Hamburg in 1919. Today the Yaoundé - texts are an important source on the history of Ewondo and related peoples such as the Beti- Prahuin.

The Yaoundé - texts also provide insights into the faith and character Atanganas. He wrote about his ruler " To dare to approach the Germans it Is Necessary to abandon the traits Which displease them, to become Their friend and then be valued by them. "