Kwane a Ngie, known in

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records as Angua or Quan, was a Duala

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from the Bonambela sublineage who flourished from 1788 to 1790 in

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. The British

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was at its height at this time, and, although a rival ruler from the Bonanjo sublineage named

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or Joss reigned simultaneously, British records point to Kwane as the more powerful or respected leader. According to British court records from 1788, when a British trader kidnapped several Duala and threatened to sell them in the

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, "Quan" was the more aggressive ruler in trying to secure their return by pressuring other British captains. The records of the British ship ''Sarah'' in 1790 indicate that while George received custom from traders, "Angua" got a bigger "dash" (bonus gift) and sold 50 slaves to George's 40. This rivalry with George is the earliest indication that the Duala people were fragmenting into rival Akwa and Bell lineages.Austen and Derrick 82. Angua was succeeded by his son, Ewonde a Kwane.

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*Austen, Ralph A., and Derrick, Jonathan (1999): ''Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland, c. 1600–c.1960''. Cambridge University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwane A Ngie Cameroonian traditional rulers 18th-century monarchs in Africa