- The Kanem–
Bornu Empire existed in
areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon,
Libya and Chad. It was
known to the
Arabian geographers as the...
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Bornu may
refer to:
Bornu Empire, a
historical state of West
Africa Borno State,
Nigeria This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the title...
- and
south of the lake,
where they
established the
Bornu Empire. By the late 16th
century the
Bornu empire had
expanded and
recaptured the
parts of Kanem...
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Aliyu Mai-
Bornu (1919 – 23
February 1970) was a
Nigerian economist, and the
first indigenous Governor of the
Central Bank of Nigeria. Mai-
Bornu was born...
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Carine Bornu (born 28
April 1975) is a
French former professional tennis player.
Bornu reached a
career high
ranking of 242 in the
world and won two ITF...
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descendants of the
rulers of the
Bornu Empire,
founded before 1000. The
rulers have the
title Shehu of
Borno (var.
Shehu of
Bornu,
Sultan of Borno/u). The traditional...
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African ethnic group living largely in the
lands of the
former Kanem and
Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon. As well as a
diaspora community...
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Bornu Y****a is a town in
Borno State, north-east
Nigeria near Titiwa, some 80
kilometres south of the
border with Niger. As of 2007, it had an estimated...
- name of the
Muslim kings (or mai, as they
called themselves) of the Kanem–
Bornu Empire,
centered first in
Kanem in
western Chad, and then,
after 1380, in...
- who
advised and
eventually supplanted the
Sayfawa dynasty of the Kanem-
Bornu Empire. In 1846, Al-Kanemi's son Umar I ibn
Muhammad al-Amin
became the...
