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

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). 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.

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claimed to be his heir and declared himself equal to

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, leader of the Bonanjo/Bell lineage. Ewonde's daughter Kanya married Enjobe, an

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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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