The Nso’ Arts and Cultural Heritage Association (NACHA) was created in 2013 to preserve and share the cultural history and important art objects of the Nso’ and related peoples of Bui Division in the NW Region of Cameroon by establishing an arts and cultural heritage center/museum in Kumbo, the seat of the Paramount Fon (King).
NACHA’s Objectives:
Preservation and display of historically and culturally important works of performative and visual arts and architecture
Collection of Nso’ oral history into written and recorded narratives through interviews of community elders and others who have received this knowledge, engaging local youth by providing opportunities for them to do primary research on their own culture and history
Documentation of ceremonies, masquerades, celebrations, and dance by videotape
Recording of traditional music
Pursuit of the repatriation of the sculptural portrait of founding mother Ngonnso’ currently held in a German museum by creating an appropriate environment for its preservation, care, and display while doing the same for other objects that are still in Cameroon or elsewhere
Portrayal of Nso’ culture as rooted in a deep history while it evolves and lives up to the present day
Sharing of Nso’ culture with the wider world through direct contact, tourism, and a website enriched by the documentary footage and photographs of the Palace art collection
Where is Bui Division?
