WELCOME TO THE MBUMLAND
Hellooooo Mbum. Here is a brief summary of the Mbum community. The Mbum community is found in the Donga Mantung Division of the North West Region of Cameroon. They are believed to have come from Tikari land of the West Region of Cameroon.
It was said that their father was called Pa Mbùm and he had three sons by name; Yaah, Tang and Wat. During the intertribal wars of the 16th Century, he left with the family and was moving towards the Western land of Donga Mantung.
At one point, they came and settled at Malah at Mbajeng for a while and at some other point their father died and the three sons started scrambling for chieftaincy. This caused them to scatter from there, each heading with his family to a safe place to settle so that he will be the chief of his own people. However, those of Yaah, went and settled at the highlands of Ndu and had their Fon who was known as Nkwee Yaah. Then those of Tang went towards Nkambe highlands and were ruled by Nkwee Tang and those of Wat, settled at Wat and gave the name of their Fon as Nkwee Wat.
Therefore hear comes the origin of the three fons that ruling the three clans of the Mbumland and over the years, the Fons have massively increased up to 33 fondoms and many sub chiefs.
A LITERACY CLASS IN THE MBUM LAND
There about 56 classes that are going on in the mbum community today and this is a clear example that the people really want to be literate in their own language during this 21st century. Majority of the students now can read and write in the mbum original language [Limbum]
THE MAP OF THE MBUMLAND AREA
The Mbumland is very vast. It shares boundaries with Nso on the East and shares a boundary with Nwa on the West. It shares boundary with the people of Ako and Misaje to the North.
Mbum landscape has a good number of physical features. The land extends from the Mbaw plain of Ntaba up to the highest Highland in Mbiyeh (the coldest place in Cameroon). From there, it extends to the plateau of Nkambe and down to the plain of Tabenken.
Mbum has developed immensely over time immemorial in the fields of agriculture, administration, education, religion, and in social and the cultural sphere. The ring roads has come to grace it all as it always said that where the road passes, development follows.
THE WORK OF TRANSLATION IN THE MBUMLAND
Do you remember that the New Testament has already been translated for years now and is in use in the Mbum land?
Do you know the Limbum proverbs and idioms had already been written in our mother tongue
Do you know that the book of Jonah and the book of Ruth have been published
And are being used in those classes
However, the Old Testament is in the process of translation. What we are saying is that very soon Mbum community will be blessed with a complete Bible in limbum. Mbum is not going to remain the same in the field of translation and literacy. Therefore, we invite you to follow us to discover how literacy is advancing civilization and development in our community
SUMMARY OF THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE
Here are some of the things you will see in our website:
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The Limbum alphabet
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Limbum literature
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Bible literatures
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Pictures/audios/videos of various activities during training and classes
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And a way forward to extend this pregame to all the fondoms of the Mbum land
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You will see the map of the Mbum people showing where the language is spoken.
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You will see Geographical locations which is showing how blessed the Mbum people are.
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Socio economic and cultural activities
Verse of the day
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5