Kukawa
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Kukawa or Kuka , town, NE Nigeria. It is in a farming and salt-mining region. Kukawa was founded in 1814 by Muhammad al-Kanemi of the state of Bornu . The capital and chief commercial center of Bornu, Kukawa was also the southern terminus of a trans-Saharan caravan route to Tripoli , Libya. In 1893, Kukawa was conquered and destroyed by forces under Rabih, a Sudanese slave trader. It was rebuilt by the British in 1902 as a garrison town.
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