Mbiame Fondom

The Fons of Mbiame

The royal succession of the Mbiame Fondom — from the earliest remembered rulers to the reigning Fon — with the terms and years of each reign.

  1. Fon Taata Nwe II

    Fon Taata Nwe II

    Reigning
    history 2010 – present
  2. TATA SHINDZEV III

    Fon TATA SHINDZEV III

    Guardian of the Sacred Woods

    history 1998 – 2010
    Leading the preservation initiative for our oral histories and the reforestation of the ancestral highlands.
  3. TATA SHINDZEV II

    Fon TATA SHINDZEV II

    Keeper of the Early Treaties

    history 1988 – 1998
    Steward of Mbiame through the colonial transition, known for negotiating the first formal treaties that recognised the Mbiame fondom and protected the sacred forest groves.
  4. TATA SHINDZEV I

    Fon TATA SHINDZEV I

    The Great

    history 1927 – 1988
    Reunited the sub-villages of Mbiame under a single council and established the great market grounds that still anchor the community today.
  5. Fon Taata Nwe I

    Fon Taata Nwe I

    history 1890 – 1927
  6. person

    Fon NJOKA

    history 1860 – 1890
  7. person

    Fon KIMA

    history 1850 – 1860
  8. person

    Fon NDZESHASHA

    history 1847
  9. person

    FON KAILANG

    The Hawk

    history 1829 1847 – 1850
  10. person

    FON YAAH

    history 1826 – 1829
  11. person

    FON TONKWA

    history 1699 – 1726 1726 – 1826
  12. person

    FON NGOO KPUNTUM

    history 1670 – 1699
  13. person

    FON NJAH

    history 1623 – 1670
  14. person

    Fon NGAMING

    history 1586 – 1623
  15. person

    FON NGAMSI

    history 1569 – 1586
  16. person

    FON NGOO

    history 1547 – 1569
  17. person

    FON KPUNTUM

    history 1528 – 1547
  18. person

    FON KIVKONG

    history 1474 – 1528
  19. person

    FON MAAN

    history 1458 – 1474
  20. person

    FON WAMBEH

    history 1422 – 1458
  21. person

    FON LEEH MBIJAAME

    FOUNDER

    history 1392 – 1422
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