Banyo

Banyo became the seat of a Fulbe lamidate on the highlands of Adamawa. Its founder, Hamagabdo, belonged to the Wolarbe and was a son of the first lamido of Kontcha. In the early nineteenth century his followers brought the Wawa, Vute, and Kondja communities under their rule, imposing a harsh system of servitude. Further campaigns reached towards the Tikar and Mambila lands.