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Kanem-Bornu
Kanem-Bornu Two successive major African states in the Lake Chad region between the 11th and the 19th centuries. Ethnically and linguistically the peoples were mixed. They include Arab, Berber, and other African elements, and were mostly Muslims. An Islamic sultanate of Kanem, ruled by the Seyfawa family, existed by the 11th century, which, under Dunama (1221–59), came to extend from Fezzan and Wadai to the Niger, and included Bornu. Following civil wars this empire collapsed in 1398, but a member of it created a new state of Bornu with N'gazargamu as capital, and Kanem as a province. Idris Aloma (ruled 1571–1603) was the most powerful of the Bornu rulers; he introduced firearms into the army and Bornu reached the peak of its power under his rule. A long period of stability followed until 1808, when the
FULANI sacked N'gazargamu. Muhammad al-Kanemi, a leading chief, restored the titular kings, retaining effective power himself. The last Mai, or titular king, was executed in 1846.
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Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa-Africa-Centred and Canaanite-Israelite Perspectives: A Collection of Published and Unpublished Studies in English and French
Magazine article from: The International Journal of African Historical Studies; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...1977 to 1996 and topically over Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa states, the Yoruba states...the early dynastic histories of Kanem-Bornu, the Hausa states, and the Yoruba states...particularly the Hausa states and Kanem-Bornu, and the civilizations of the ancient...
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THE COST OF COLLECTIVE AMNESIA
Magazine article from: Black Renaissance; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Arab tribesmen have devastated all our land, all the land of Bornu...they took free people among us captives, of our kin among...until my wife drew my attention to it, this is the Shehu of Bornu writing to the Sultan of Egypt in the year 794, the equivalent...
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 "Sudan Tribune (Sudan)")
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The Hausa - Fulani are Genuine Sudanese, Mr. President!
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 11/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...offensive statement that the Sudanese tribes of Hausa, Fulani, Bornu and Tama groups as non-Sudanese and they not have the right...the region. Closely linked with the Kanuri people of Kanem-Bornu (Lake Chad), the Hausa aristocracy adopted Islam in the 11th...
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Interview: John Hare on his expedition across the Sahara
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...book published nearly a century ago, Across the Sahara: From Tripoli to Bornu, by British explorer Hanns Vischer. JOHN BUCKLEY: (Reading) `Looking northwards from Bornu, the Saharan road led down over the skyline. What mystery and attraction...
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Peoples and Empires in African History: Essays in Memory of Michael Crowder.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Barkindo analyzes the tradition of royal pilgrimage in Kanem and Bornu from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries, discussing its...conflict between Muhammad Bello of Sokoto and Al-Kanami of Bornu over the legitimacy of jihad reveals an important dimension...
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Africa and the West: A Documentary History from the Slave Trade to Independence
Magazine article from: African Studies Review; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...left out. Mine would be the exchange of letters between Muhammed Bello and El-Kanemi on the legitimacy of Sokoto's war on Bornu. The book is well edited and nicely designed. My biggest complaint about most such books is that they are too choppy, but...
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STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON NIGERIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Kano and Katsina, recorded history dates back to about 1000 AD. In the centuries that followed, these Hausa kingdoms and the Bornu empire near Lake Chad prospered as important terminals of north-south trade between North African Berbers and forest people...
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Prelude to Magdala. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...colleagues in those places. Among them are interesting papers by Bawuro Barkindo on the tradition of royal pilgrimage in the Bornu empire and by Murray Last on the political philosophy of the Sokoto caliphate. There is also an outstanding contribution by...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Tennis: CASH BONUS FOR THE FANS.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/21/2000; 489 words
; ...sets to dispatch Yvette Basting of Holland, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 while Gubacsi cruised home 6-3, 6-2, against Carine Bornu of France. Martinez, 17, is in her second challenger final while Gubacsi, former world junior number seven, has previously...
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TENNIS RESULTS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 1/13/2000; 245 words
; ...6-3, 6-4 Dawn Buth def. Karin Miller (3), 6-1, 6-1 Olga Blahotova (6) def. Ting Li, 6-3. 6-4 Carine Bornu (7) def. Amber Liu, 6-3, 6-2 ` Marina Lazarovska def. Jessica Fernandez (8), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) Lindsay...
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Bornu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bornu , former Muslim state, mostly in NE Nigeria...14th cent. From the 14th to the 18th cent. Bornu exported slaves, eunuchs, fabrics dyed with saffron, and other goods to N Africa. Bornu reached its peak under the mai (ruler...
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Kanem-Bornu
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Kanem-Bornu Two successive major African states in the...Fezzan and Wadai to the Niger, and included Bornu. Following civil wars this empire collapsed...but a member of it created a new state of Bornu with N'gazargamu as capital, and Kanem...
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Kanuri
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Kanuri ETHNONYMS: Beri-beri, Bornu, Yerwa Orientation The Kanuri are the...but they seldom use the term themselves. Bornu Emirate, the major division of the province...Muslim emirate since the eleventh century. Bornu Emirate is located between 11 °...
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Kanem
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...embraced Islam and extended their control to neighboring Bornu . After attacks by the Bulalas forced the rulers of Kanem to shift their capital to Bornu (c.1380), Bornu gradually emerged as the center of a revitalized empire...
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Kukawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...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...
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