page_title: R.A.M Tebo II of Batibo
section_title: History of the Batibo Palace
hierarchical_section_title: R.A.M Tebo II of Batibo / History of the Batibo Palace
caption_attribution_description: Batibo Palace
context_page_description: Fon R.A.M. Tebo II of Batibo ascended the throne upon the death of his father HRH G.T.T. Mba II in 2005 amidst great political, cultural and economic anxiety in the Batibo Fondom.
context_section_description: The history of the Batibo Palace and Fondon is intractably linked to that of the entire Widikum tribe in the North Western Region of Cameroon. It dates as far back as to the mid 17th century, when lovebirds Tembeka and Akumaka defected from a wave of Bantu migrants and settled in Tegheben, in a quarter called Tad in today's Batibo, two miles south of the current Batibo palace.
  Tegheben is the site of the first palace of the Batibo Fondom. Njei Tegha who succeeded Tembeka evacuated his father's compound and erected his own palace at Gowi quarters, located about a mile north of Tegheben.
  Njei Tifuh succeeded Njei Tegha and also decided to vacate his fathers compound at Gowi and moved his palace to the current palace grounds, behind what is now the community hall. Fon Mba II subsequently moved the palace from this location to the present site, still within the palace grounds.
  Palace historian Prince Hansel Mba, the eldest son of Fon Mba II writing in a publication "A birds Eye View" published by the Batibo Rural Council, notes that much animosity was often nursed against a named successor, and his life was always threatened by his brothers. Consequently, the successor had to change abode while retaining his father's will making him Fon and successor. This explains some of the movements in the early days of the Fondom, and resolves the lingering questions about Wore Tad and Wore Gowi which has led to conjectures that either a Wore Tad or a Wore Gowi would have formed the royal household for the Batibo Fondom. What is obvious is that while the successor vacated his  father's home for safety, one of his brothers always remained and governed the rest of the family as quarter head under the authority of the successor and Fon who lived apart.
  R.A.M. Tebo II has engaged on a modernization of the Batibo palace, building new structures and upgrading some old ones.
caption: Batibo Palace
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