Bandjoun (La 'Djo in local language) is a town and commune in the Koung-Khi Department in the West Region of Cameroon.

Bandjoun is also the capital of the Koung-Khi department and one of the largest traditional chefferie (chiefdom) in Bamiléké country.

Some existing chronologies cite the foundation of Bandjoun village in the 14th and 15th centuries under the Royal Magistracy of Notchwegom (1525 according to some sources but probably in 1570).

Taking care to avoid irritating small chiefdoms that existed in the area, he moved to the edge of the last village where he could finally find free land.

He then married a young woman his mother had prepared for him who quickly gave him a son who he named Notouom.

Having taken steps to expand his military to develop his hegemonic pretensions, he instructed his son on his intentions and introduced him to war strategies.

During the long reign of Notouom, which lasted until 1641, he worked to increase the population of Bandjoun by buying all that he could acquire (cattle, food, valuables, and slaves whom he freed to integrate them into his kingdom).

It was under his royal magistracy that the name Bandjoun originated with the term Pa Djo meaning "those who buy".

Very expansionary, he made all the smaller heads of villages vassals and modernised his kingdom administratively and militarily.

After transferring the seat of the Kingdom of Famleng to Hiala, he stood at the head of the seven districts which were similar to Duchies with a kind of non-feudal Duke called Kemdjie whose sole mission was to monitor the Duchy and pass information collected to the Minister of the Interior called Nwalah Kah.

The Grand venerator exhibited remarkable piety towards God that materialised through the "Si Notouom", a shrine located at Famleng.

There are winding paths bordered by fences enclosing banana trees leading to a succession of traditional huts aligned with and supported by carved wooden pillars and colonnades surrounding the habitat.

The structure of the chiefdom resembles to the huts of the nobles with a peaked roof and number of points depending on the hierarchy.

The doors are framed with carved panels are elevated 50 cm above the ground so that runoff and animals can not enter.

All the furniture is made of bamboo such as the ladder to climb to the attic as well as the shelves for household utensils, beds, and stools.

There are a large number of art objects that belonged to his ancestors: The King of Bandjoun, also called Fô'A-Djo, is the central person in the Kingdom.

He is installed as a Demiurge through the powerful rituals of enthronement as Grand Master of the Goung'Ha-Djo (Kingdom of Bandjoun).

As a descendant of the founding ancestors he has a primal political power subservient to the sacredness of his royal ancestry.

These mystic attributes enhance the person of the King and provide great stature to the Venerable High Priest whose power rises above those of the sorcerers of the kingdom.

The main building is designed with five armed concrete pillars and topped with a ten meter high gable; this sloped roof respects the traditional architecture or the area.