Somié


Somié is a village in Bankim, Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It appears as Tchokmon on some early maps. It is located near the Nigeria - Cameroon border at 6°28' N, 11° 27' E. It has an officially designated "second degree" chief, several schools, churches and mosques as well as a government health centre. There is a small solar power installation that has been providing electricity to the village since 2018. The Mambila people who live there are predominantly farmers.

List of the chiefs of Somié

Source:
  1. Tuloom
  2. Ndinyura
  3. Chomo/Chókmo
  4. Nyura: first contact with the Germans
  5. Menandi: 8 wives; 10 as chief
  6. Konaka : chief from 1923? to 1949 died in Nov. 49
  7. Ndi Etienne: chef from 1950 to end June 1953
  8. Mɔgɔ Michel: 6 wives; chief from 1954 to December 1976
  9. Dega François: born in 1950 died 29 April 2002; chief from November 1977 to 2002.
  10. Ndi Adam: Died 15 September 2017 chief from 2003 to 2017
  11. Ernest Konaka: chief from Jan 2018
The first wife of Konaka and mother of Ndi was Diko Madeleine