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Benue
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Benue , river, W Africa, chief tributary of the Niger. It flows c.880 mi (1,416 km) W from Cameroon into the Niger River at Lokoja , Nigeria. The Benue, which carries much commercial traffic, is almost entirely navigable by...
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William Balfour Baikie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...proved in an expedition up the Niger and Benue rivers that Europeans could penetrate the...in 1854. Its purpose was to explore the Benue River to the limit of navigation, open...steamships could be taken up the Niger and Benue rivers, which was instrumental in opening...
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Makurdi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1991 est. pop. 109,000), capital of Benue state, central Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Sesame seeds and cotton grown in the...center and the terminus of a bridge across the Benue. Considerable limestone and marble reserves...
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Tiv
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...million people who live on both sides of the Benue River, 220 kilometers from its confluence...trees, lose elevation until they reach the Benue, at about 100 to 120 meters. The Tiv...when Tiv were found on the banks of the Benue. In 1879 their occupation of the riverbanks...
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Yola
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yola , city, E Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Cotton, peanuts, hides, and skins are shipped from...junction and has an airport; there is ferry service across the Benue. Yola was founded in 1841 as the capital of a Muslim Fulani...
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African languages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...six groups: West Atlantic; Mande; Gur, or Voltaic; Kwa; Benue-Congo; and Adamawa-Eastern. The West Atlantic branch includes...possibly Ijo (which is sometimes considered a separate branch). Benue-Congo includes the huge Bantu group of hundreds of tongues...
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Heinrich Barth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the reports of the French explorer René Caillié, and Barth's exploration on the upper Benue confirmed that the Benue empties into the Niger and that the Shari empties into Lake Chad. He did extensive work in linguistics, including...
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Fali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...the Mandara Mountains; on the south, by the valley of the Benue; on the east, by that of the Mayo Louti; and on the west...the Massif de Tinguelin territory nearest to the valley of the Benue and the modern city of Garoua. The Fali use Fulfuld é...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia
...savanna extends another 200 miles northward across the Niger and Benue Rivers. In the northeast, mountains form the border between...located in the central part of Nigeria north of the Niger and Benue River confluence. By 2000, the capital had grown to more than...
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Lozi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Province, although many inhabitants speak other Bantu languages as well. Lozi has been classified as a Bantu language of the Benue-Congo Family, within the larger Niger-Congo Group. The Lozi language derives largely from the Sotho dialect spoken by...
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