Somié Explained
| Official Name: | Somie |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Adamawa |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mayo-Banyo[1] |
| Subdivision Type3: | Sub-division |
| Subdivision Name3: | Somie |
| Leader Title: | Chief |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 5000 |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 6.4°N 38°W |
Somié is a village in Bankim, Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It is located near the Nigeria - Cameroon border at 6°28' N, 11° 27' E. It has an officially designated "second degree" chief, several schools, churches and mosques as well as a government health centre. There is a small solar power installation that has been providing electricity to the village since 2018. The Mambila people who live there are predominantly farmers.[2]
List of the chiefs of Somié[3]
- Tulum
- Ndinyura
- Chomo/Chókmo
- Nyura: first contact with the Germans (Hurault)
- Menandi: 8 wives; 10 as chief
- Konaka (Kolaka in official documents): chief from 1923? to 1949 died in Nov. 49
- Ndi Etienne: chief from 1950 to end June 1953
- Mɔgɔ Michel: 6 wives; chief from 1954 to December 1976
- Dega François: born in 1950 died 29 April 2002; chief from November 1977 to 2002.
- Ndi Adam: Died 15 September 2017 chief from 2003 to 2017
- Ernest Konaka: chief from Jan 2018
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.spm.gov.cm/detail_art.php?iddocument=18&id_art=69&type=doc&lang=en Cameroon Prime Minister's office
- Book: Zeitlyn, David. Sua in Somié. 9783883453750. Academia Verlag. 1994. Collectanea Instituti Anthropos. 41.
- Huomnuar. D.. Zeitlyn. D.. Mbe. C.. Mial. N.. 2000. Trois études sur les mambila de Somié, Cameroun. en.
