Bamum Scripts and Archives Project
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Bamum Scripts and Archives Project at the Bamum Palace
is engaged in a variety of initiatives concerning the Bamum script
, including collecting and photographing threatened documents, translating and in some cases hand-copying documents, creating a fully usable Bamum computer font
for the inventory of documents, and creating a safe environment for the preservation and storage of documents.
Kingdom of Bamum
The kingdom of Bamum or Bamoum, also known as Bamun or Bamoun or Mum was a pre-colonial West African state in what is now northwest Cameroon. It was founded by the Mbum, a semi-Bantu ethnic group from northeast Cameroon....
is engaged in a variety of initiatives concerning the Bamum script
Bamum script
The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by King Njoya of Cameroon at the turn of the 20th century...
, including collecting and photographing threatened documents, translating and in some cases hand-copying documents, creating a fully usable Bamum computer font
Bamum font
A Bamum font is currently being worked on by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project to allow printing in the unique script of the Bamum language of Cameroon. In 2006, the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project embarked on a project to create the first usable Bamum computer font...
for the inventory of documents, and creating a safe environment for the preservation and storage of documents.