The 20th king of the Bamoun people, Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya, stood up from his ornate throne -- a replica of the original, now at a German museum -- for the ancient ritual to get ...

The Bamoun kingdom, founded in 1384, is one of the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa. To honor the Bamoun, the museum was built in the shape of the kingdom’s coat of arms.