Née signifies insistence, harassment, pursuit which may reflect the qualities of the founder of the town.

Local people and some Mbororo (Fulani) nomadic herders live here attracted by the large pastures on the steep slopes of the mountain range that runs from Bana to Batcha and beyond.

The community features a large natural area sheltered by hills and mountains and especially by Mount Banatcha near Bana (according to sources) which rises to 2097 m. Batcha in bamiléké means "land" or "visit".

This district has been led for the past thirty years by His Majesty Victor Kamaha II who was a senior officer in the Cameroon police.

The first chefferies in this part of bamiléké country were founded in the 17th century on the heights of the Ndumla plateau.

The founders of these chefferies followed in the path of Neolithic people who also settled the area as evidenced by the results of the archaeological mission by F. Paris in 1974 with the discovery of stone tools on the same heights.