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Title: :  The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon
PaperId: :  12001
Published in:   International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education
Publisher:   IJARIIE
e-ISSN:   2395-4396
Volume/Issue:    Volume 6 Issue 3 2020
DUI:    16.0415/IJARIIE-12001
Licence: :   IJARIIE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Stanley Yengong NforbaThe University of Bamenda, Cameroon

Abstract

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Mbum, Paramountcy, Nkambe Plateau, Fon, Fonship, Bamenda Grasslands, Warr, Ya, Tang, Clan
The Mbum constitute one of the largest Tikar ethnic groups in Bamenda Grasslands but remain separated and divided into autonomous fondoms with comparable socio-political organisation. Most Tikar groups that migrated alongside Mbum maintained their political status-quo and established paramountcy in the different vicinities where they settled. Unlike their Tikar compatriots of Kom, Bum, Bafut and Nso that evolved a centralised system of administration and instituted paramountcy in their regional sub-settings, the Mbum remained disintegrated with independent fondoms ruled by Fons although they were in Kimi under a single political leader. The disintegration of Mbum into political units began as they migrated in different waves to the Nkambe plateau. From the topography of Mbum land and pattern of closed settlement, it is difficult to understand why the Mbum remained in autonomous polities without a centralised traditional authority. The Warr clan leader with a paramount status was unable to institute paramountcy though he had supremacy to subjugate incoming groups in Mbum land as Warr had established settlements in the region before the arrival of the Tang and Ya groups. However, the Ya clan heads, attempted to dominate political rule during the Fulani-Chamba raids in Mbumland, but they were not equally successful. The colonial-era witnessed the creation of administrative units by German and British governments that gave clan heads the privileges to dictate policies in their respective political jurisdictions but they failed on several attempts to institute paramountcy. Through the prism of idealism and the chronological approach, this paper argues that the dogma, which defined the settlement patterns and coexistence in the region, accounted for the failure of paramountcy in Mbum land.

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IJARIIE Stanley Yengong Nforba. "The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon" International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education Volume 6 Issue 3 2020 Page 458-465
MLA Stanley Yengong Nforba. "The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 6.3(2020) : 458-465.
APA Stanley Yengong Nforba. (2020). The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 6(3), 458-465.
Chicago Stanley Yengong Nforba. "The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 6, no. 3 (2020) : 458-465.
Oxford Stanley Yengong Nforba. 'The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 6, no. 3, 2020, p. 458-465. Available from IJARIIE, https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Paradox_of_Paramountcy_in_Bamenda_Grasslands__Case_of_Mbum_in_the_North_West_Region_of_Cameroon_ijariie12001.pdf (Accessed : 18 September 2022).
Harvard Stanley Yengong Nforba. (2020) 'The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 6(3), pp. 458-465IJARIIE [Online]. Available at: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Paradox_of_Paramountcy_in_Bamenda_Grasslands__Case_of_Mbum_in_the_North_West_Region_of_Cameroon_ijariie12001.pdf (Accessed : 18 September 2022)
IEEE Stanley Yengong Nforba, "The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon," International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 458-465, May-Jun 2020. [Online]. Available: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Paradox_of_Paramountcy_in_Bamenda_Grasslands__Case_of_Mbum_in_the_North_West_Region_of_Cameroon_ijariie12001.pdf [Accessed : 18 September 2022].
Turabian Stanley Yengong Nforba. "The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Online]. volume 6 number 3 (18 September 2022).
Vancouver Stanley Yengong Nforba. The Paradox of Paramountcy in Bamenda Grasslands: Case of Mbum in the North West Region of Cameroon. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Internet]. 2020 [Cited : 18 September 2022]; 6(3) : 458-465. Available from: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/The_Paradox_of_Paramountcy_in_Bamenda_Grasslands__Case_of_Mbum_in_the_North_West_Region_of_Cameroon_ijariie12001.pdf
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