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According to local mythology, Kumba was founded by the hunter Midiki Bokeng, In his honour a monument has been put up around the Town Green. Kumba was originally a Bafo tribal capital formed after the Mediki wars. Mediki was a Bafo native sent by the Bafo chief Nguti to fight other tribes around the
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nature, the Bafaw and the Bakundu now form just a percentage of the general population of the city, and have lost many aspects of their culture, except for their language which is spoken mostly by the elderly and some of the younger generation.
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settlement which he did successfully. Mediki fought together with Eseme Modu and capturde territories as far as Ekombe. The settlement of Kumba wasthe capital ofthe former Rio Del Rey Division in
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