Manga Ndumbe Bell

Auguste Manga Ndumbe Bell (c. 1851 – September 2, 1908[1]) was a leader of the Duala people of southern Cameroon from 1897 to 1908 during the period after the German colonialists assumed control of the region as the Kamerun colony.

[4] However, after signature of the protection treaty in July 1884, the first German governor, Julius von Soden, favored the Akwa family.

[6] As the colonial authorities became increasingly involved in administration of the region, tensions rose between the Bell and Akwa families and between the Duala people and the Germans.

When Manga Bell started his first cocoa plantation, he had to provide gifts to his slaves to persuade them to work the new and unfamiliar crop.

[8] Manga's position was passed on to his son, Duala, who was executed by the Germans in 1914 after attempting to stir up a revolt against the colonialists.