Kumba is a trade centre for cocoa, palm oil and rubber, and has a timber industry as well. On the 24th October 2020, a mass shooting took place at a school. The title of the chief of Kumba makes you the Paramount Chief of the Bafo people. The title was passed down to his eldest son, John Mukete and mext to Nfon Victor E Mukete (the CEO of Camtel). Abel Mukete, a local Bafo chief, became the head of native authority in the district, beginning in the 1890s and even became the first Paramount Chief in 1929. The settlement of Kumba was capital of former Rio Del Rey Division in German Cameroon and continued to exist into the British period. Mediki fought together with Eseme Modu and capture Territories as far as Ekombe. Mediki was a Bafo native sent by the Bafo chief Nguti to fight other tribes around the settlement which he did successfully. Kumba was originally a Bafo tribal capital formed after the Mediki wars. The name 'Kumba' originates from the Bafo word 'kumbè', meaning an umbrella tree History Īccording to local mythology, Kumba was founded by the hunter Midiki Bokeng, In his honour a monument has been put up around the Town Green.
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