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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4312625, member: 8267"]I need to amend my first post in this thread to say that the Grasslands/Grassfields area of Cameroon occupies the <u>North</u>west, West and portions of the Southwest Regions (formerly known as Provinces).</p><p><br /></p><p>Kumbo is located in the Northwest Region, and is the capitol of the Nso people, as noted in the wikipedia article smallaxe linked to. The second document that GX40 posted refers to the Banjii-Nsoh Chiefdom. The orthography for African names (places and people) has not been consistent for much of the time, so it can get confusing. It may be that the Nso of Kumbo are the same or related to the Nsoh named in the document. The village of Banji/Banjii that I found is also in the Northwest Region, but west of Kumbo. The Fons (kings) of Nso seem to have become the dominate Fon in the area, with other formerly independent chiefdoms being subsumed under their leadership. Perhaps the Banjii-Nsoh chiefdom was one such.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nso_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nso_people" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nso_people</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4312625, member: 8267"]I need to amend my first post in this thread to say that the Grasslands/Grassfields area of Cameroon occupies the [U]North[/U]west, West and portions of the Southwest Regions (formerly known as Provinces). Kumbo is located in the Northwest Region, and is the capitol of the Nso people, as noted in the wikipedia article smallaxe linked to. The second document that GX40 posted refers to the Banjii-Nsoh Chiefdom. The orthography for African names (places and people) has not been consistent for much of the time, so it can get confusing. It may be that the Nso of Kumbo are the same or related to the Nsoh named in the document. The village of Banji/Banjii that I found is also in the Northwest Region, but west of Kumbo. The Fons (kings) of Nso seem to have become the dominate Fon in the area, with other formerly independent chiefdoms being subsumed under their leadership. Perhaps the Banjii-Nsoh chiefdom was one such. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nso_people[/URL][/QUOTE]
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