Ibrahim Njoya, intellectual, inventor, and ruler over Bamum and its people in western Cameroon
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Seidou Njimoluh Njoya (1902–1992), ruled the Bamum people of Cameroon from 1933 to 1992
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Adamou Ndam Njoya (born 1942), Cameroonian lawyer, author, professor, politician, and former presidential candidate
Adamou Ndam Njoya and John Fru Ndi failed to agree on the designation of an all-opposition single candidate for the presidential election of October 11, 2004.
In 2006 the King of the Bamum, El Hadj Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, recognized Nchare for his efforts by awarding him the Bamum title “Nji” (“Master”).
In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé.