Ewonde a Kwane was a
Duala Duala or Douala can refer to: Relating to Cameroon
* Duala people, an ethnic group in Cameroon
* Duala language, part of the Bantu languages
* Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, founded by the Duala people
* Rudolf Duala Manga Bell (1873–1914 ...
ruler of the
Bonambela/Akwa lineage who lived in
Douala on the
Wouri River
The Wouri (also Vouri or Vuri) is a river in Cameroon. Cameroon has two major rivers, the Sanaga, the longest at about 525 km (325 miles) long and the Wouri, the largest. The Wouri forms at the confluence of the rivers Nkam and Makombé, ...
(modern
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
). Ewonde was the son of the powerful chief
Kwane a Ngie
Kwane a Ngie, known in British records as Angua or Quan, was a Duala ruler from the Bonambela sublineage who flourished from 1788 to 1790 in Douala, Cameroon. The British slave trade was at its height at this time, and, although a rival ruler fro ...
(known in
British records as Angua or Quan). Ewonde died early, causing a secession crisis in Bonambela.
Ngando a Kwa Ngando may refer to:
* Ngando people, Bantu subsistence farmers who live in eastern part of Équateur and the western part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Ngando language, a Bantu language in the Soko-Kele languages ...
claimed to be his heir and declared himself equal to
Bele a Doo
Bele may refer to:
* Bele language
* Bale Robe, town and separate woreda in south-central Ethiopia
* Bele (Wolaita), administrative centre of Kindo Koysha, woreda in Wolaita, Ethiopia
* Bele, Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Aquin arron ...
, leader of the
Bonanjo/Bell lineage. Ewonde's daughter Kanya married Enjobe, an
Aboh
Aboh or Abo,"Ibo, a district of British West Africa..." () is a city in Delta State of Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nig ...
slave or immigrant in
Douala. Their son would found the
Bonambele/Deido sublineage.
Duala tradition states that another of Ewonde's daughters, Lesenge, married into
Isubu
The Isubu (Isuwu, Bimbians) are a Bantu ethnic group who inhabit part of the coast of Cameroon. Along with other coastal peoples, they belong to Cameroon's Sawa ethnic groups. They were one of the earliest Cameroonian peoples to make contact wit ...
royalty and was the mother of King
William of Bimbia.
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References
Cameroonian traditional rulers
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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