A king of these people developed the German-based conlang Shümom and interconverted between Islam and Christianity as served him in negotiations with Europeans and the Hausa. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ethnic group of Cameroon’s Grassfields whose stone palace at their walled capital of Fumban was built by King Njoya.
ANSWER: Bamum [or Pamom]
[10m] European encroachment made Njoya design six of these things for Bamum use. In French Guinea, Solomana Kante developed one of these things called N’Ko to replace the once-widespread Islamic-derived Ajami.
ANSWER: writing systems [or writing scripts; accept syllabaries or alphabets; accept logographies; accept abjads]
[10e] The Kingdom of Bamun’s partial autonomy under German suzerainty ended when this modern-day country took over after World War I. Colonial administrator Félix Éboué later rallied support for this country’s “free” resistance government in World War II.
ANSWER: France [accept French Third Republic; accept Free France]
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