The Veneration of Political Institutions in Pharaonic Egypt and the Kom Fondom(North West Cameroon)

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Be it in antiquity or contemporary Africa, political institutions have always stood out exceptional. In Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh and the Tjati rose above all else in the society and were thus, revered by all. This was a similar case in the Kom Fondom in present North West Cameroon where the Fòyn and the Kfȋ’ɨfὸyn emerged distinctively and commanded total reverence from the ordinary people. This article therefore, answers the question of the venerated value attached to these political institutions and how the veneration of these institutions was unique in character to Negro-culture. This warrants the audacious conclusion of the cultural unity of the peoples of black Africa. The article is the outcome of written, oral, linguistic, iconographical and onomastic sources and adopts the descriptive, analytical and comparative approaches.