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41 Chapter Three: A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary who had succeeded his father, Yufani, as chief declared that the funeral rites must be postponed until the end of the cultural festival. His brothers refused and proceeded to carry out the usual ceremonies. But Kwifon was sent to stop them, and they migrated to a site near Kuwi and established themselves as an autonomous unit. Other informants maintained that after the dispute in BigBabanki , the leaders came to Bambili and begged for land on which to settle. This land was given not only by Bambili alone but was contributed by Bamessing and Bandja. The Babanki-Tungoh became the guests while Bambili played host4. Based on this, it could be said that the two communities never came to settle at their respective places at the same time. The information gathered from the informants holds that the Bambili were the first to arrive in this region. However, when land was given to the Babanki-Tungoh, there was peaceful co-existence before relations became strained over the disputed boundary. But before the era of fraternity will be examined, it is imperative to look at the geographical positions and their daily activities. B) Geographical Locations and Daily Activities Geographically, the villages of Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh formed the group that made up the Bafut Native Authority Area of the Bamenda Division of the Cameroons Province in the 1920’s5 . These village-group units lived in the fertile valley basin encompassed on the North by the Kom Mountains, on the West by the distant Meta, Ngie and Ngonu mountains and hill ranges, on the East by the Tingeh hill range and in the South by the escarpment on which the Bamenda Station is perched. Bambili is situated on the lower hill-slope of the area and form a small village about 15 kilometres from Bamenda. It shares boundary with Bambui to the North West, Babanki-Tungoh to the South East and Nkwen to the West. It forms part of Tubah Sub-Division of Mezam Division. Babanki-Tungoh is found in the valleys surrounded by hill ranges on the Northern part of the Bambutous Mountains and stretches down to a portion of the Noun plain. It shares common boundaries with Bambili to the North, Bamessing to the East, Sabga to the Northeast and Balikumbat to the South. (See map II) 42 Sons and Daughters of the Soil Map 2: Showing A The Study Area in Bamenda Grassfields ...

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