Understanding the Romance between Kings and Islam in the Nso and Babessi Kingdoms of the Bamenda Grassland in Cameroon

Joseph Lon Nfi
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Joseph Lon Nfi: The University of Bamenda

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 1, 287-292

Abstract: The conversion of the Monarch of the Nso Kingdom, Patrick Sehm Mbinglo I, a Roman Catholic Christian to Islam in 2014 provoked widespread panic in the Catholic dominated Nso Kingdom of the Bamenda Grassland, Cameroon and the Guardian Post Newspaper of October 30, 2014 even talked of “mass exodus to Islam feared as Nso King Converts†. This event provoked this paper which sets out to investigate the introduction of Islam in the two Bamenda Grassland royal palaces. Using primary and secondary sources the study examines the conversion of some Nso and Babessi Kings to Islam arguing that their decision to adopt Islam was due to the presence of Hausa traders and Fulani graziers, Bamum influences, political, social and economic considerations rather than the genuine spiritual or religious gains of Islam. Islam in the Bamenda Grassland therefore has a bright future because the religion unlike Christianity can accommodate and guarantee certain royal practices and aspirations

Date: 2021
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