THE BUM AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS


IN MEMORY OF H.R.H. JOHN YAI FON OF BUM


1918 - 1997


Dr Francis B. Nyamnjoh		 H.R.H. Fon John Yai Kwanga of Bum
CHAPTER ONE:
THE POLITY OF BUM
1.1 LOCATION
1.2 PEOPLE
CHAPTER TWO:
POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF BUM
2.1 GENEALOGY OF BUM FONS
2.2 STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
2.2.1 KWEFON
2.2.2 KUOK
2.2.3 FON
2.2.4 THE POT-OF-THE-LAND (TUUT)
2.2.5 NOTABLE, VILLAGE HEAD, LORD
CHAPTER THREE:
BUM SYSTEM OF JUSTICE
3.1 CRIME, CONFLICT AND LAW
3.2 CRIMES DEALT WITH DIRECTLY BY THE KWEFON
3.2.1 Murder
3.2.2 Assault
3.2.3 Theft and Debt
3.2.4 Witchcraft - Sorcery and Villainy
3.2.5 Treachery
3.2.6 Adultery
CHAPTER FOUR:
ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL CUSTODIANS OF SOCIAL ORDER
4.1 WUTANGANG
4.2 WUTAMFU
4.3 WUTAFUNYAK
4.4 WUTASCHIE
4.5 WUTAGWU
CHAPTER FIVE:
THE BUM BELIEF SYSTEM
CHAPTER SIX:
FON JOHN YAI AND THE BUILDING OF MODERN BUM
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