Ndumba

Ndumba is a former ruling center of the Vute in central Cameroon .

As the seat of the Ngrang (Ngila; Cameroonian ruler) it was an important political center in the second half of the 19th century, which was formally subordinate to the related Vute "chief" (Ngrté) in Linte, but in fact the most important power factor among the Vute Societies north of the Sanaga . Relations with the German colonial power had existed there since 1889 when the researcher Hans Tappenbeck visited . Kurt Morgen founded the short-lived "Kaiser-Wilhelmsburg" station nearby in 1891.

Shortly after the death of Ngrang Neyon (1898), the place was occupied and destroyed by the German protection force in the course of the " Wute Adamaua Campaign " and the Vute societies dependent on him were transferred to the area of ​​German colonial administration (district of Yoko and Jaunde ) included. It could no longer regain its former exposed position.

The location of the place and thus the seat of the Ngrang changed later. Today its function is taken by the city of Nguila .