Seidou Njimoluh Njoya

Seidu Njimoluh Njoya, French spelling Seidou (* 1902 in German - Cameroon; † July 28, 1992 ) ruled the people of the Bamum in Cameroon from 1933 to 1992 when the Sultan of Foumban Fon and the Kingdom of Bamum.

Seidu Njimoluh was the son of Ibrahim Njoya, he was educated in the German language ( in addition to his mother tongue Bamun ) and learned to read and write to the pupils Mom script, which was developed by his father. Later he also learned French and English. In 1931, the French manager Ibrahim Njoya, exiled in Yaoundé, to break the power of Bamum. The nobles of the Bamum have been dispersed by the French occupation, but they eventually chose Njimoluh from among the 117 children of Ibrahim Njoya and achieved an agreement with France. Seidu Njimoluh Njoya was the Bamum ruler in June 1933, after the death of his father.

Njoya later served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly and the National Assembly of Cameroon - both during the colonial as well as in the post-colonial period. Njimoluh became the patron of arts and worked to get the Bamun culture. After the French left the area in 1960, sat Seidu the holy Bamum characters back into the royal palace and established a museum. He was a devout Muslim and was married to Noh Lantana. Njimoluhs was succeeded by his son Ibrahim Njoya Mbombo.