Bornu

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Bornu traders at Fort Lamy

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Particularly: “Borrowed from Kanuri ?”

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Bornu

  1. (historical) An independent kingdom (1380-1893), descended from the Kanem–Bornu Empire (700-1380), that covered much of modern Chad and parts of Libya, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon

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