Njimoluh was the son of Ibrahim Njoya, and he was educated in French, English, and the bamum script developed by his father.

In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators had exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé.

[2] Seidou Njimoluh Njoya became the 18th mfon of the Bamum in June 1933 after the death of his father.

[1] Njoya later served on the legislative and national assemblies of Cameroon during both colonial and post-colonial periods.

After the French left in 1960, he restored the sacred Bamun idols to the Royal Palace, establishing a museum.