title: Somié
text: # Somié
  
  Somié is a village in Bankim, Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. 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
  
  * Tulum
  * Ndinyura
  * Chomo/Chókmo
  * Nyura: first contact with the Germans (Hurault)
  * Menandi: 8 wives; 10 as chief
  * Konaka (Kolaka in official documents): chief from 1923? to 1949 died in Nov. 49
  * Ndi Etienne: chief from 1950 to end June 1953
  * Mɔgɔ Michel: 6 wives; chief from 1954 to December 1976
  * Dega François: born in 1950 died 29 April 2002; chief from November 1977 to 2002.
  * Ndi Adam: Died 15 September 2017 chief from 2003 to 2017
  * Ernest Konaka: chief from Jan 2018
  