Ibrahim Njoya

Ibrahim Njoya
ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꚳ꛰ꛀꚧꚩꛂ
𖦊𖧏𖣙
Mfon of the Bamum
Reignc. 1886 or 1887–1933
PredecessorNsangou
SuccessorSeidou Njimoluh Njoya
Bornc. 1860
Diedc. 1933 (aged 72–73)
Yaoundé, French Cameroon
Spouse~1,200 concurrent wives
Issue~350 children

Ibrahim Njoya (c. 1860–1933) was the seventeenth sultan of the Kingdom of Bamum, a monarchy in western Cameroon dating back to the fourteenth century. He succeeded his father Nsangu, and ruled from 1886 or 1887 until his death in 1933, when he was succeeded by his son, Seidou Njimoluh Njoya. He ruled from the ancient walled city of Fumban.

Njoya was a neographer, having invented the Bamum syllabary and Shümom language.