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Henri Lobe Bell

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Henri Lobe Manga Bell was a Duala leader in Kamerun, who was installed by the German colonial administration to replace his brother.[1] He was a younger brother of King Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, sharing the same mother and father, King Auguste Manga Ndumbe Bell.[2] He was deposed in 1920 by the French administration of Cameroon.[3]

He was married to Olga Welly.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Dawkins, Farida (12 October 2018). "For rejecting a European-only settlement, this Cameroonian king was hanged by the Germans". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ Bommarius, Christian (2016). Der Gute Deutsche: Die Ermordung Manga Bells in Kamerun 1914 (in German). Berenberg Verlag. ISBN 9783937834771.
  3. ^ Austen, Ralph A.; Derrick, Jonathan (1999). Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and their hinterland, c.1600-c.1960. Cambridge University Press. pp. 144, 149. ISBN 0 521 56228 7.