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BamunThis ethnic group of Cameroon has around 215,000 members. They are one of the few Sub-Saharan African peoples to develop their own form of writing. This writing system had been created by a Bamun king named N'Joya. N'Joya built a museum and encouraged this system of writing. The writing, and N'Joya's rule, survived under German auspices for a time. However in 1916 the French overran their society ending both things. The writing system developed by N'Joya fell into disuse and their age as an independent people essentially ended.
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