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Bookmark or Share- Bornu | Nigeria, Location, Map, & History | BritannicaBornu, historical kingdom and emirate in northeastern Nigeria. Bornu was originally the southernmost province of the Kanem empire, an ancient kingdom that reached its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries. Toward the end of the 14th century the power of Kanem waned, and the empire shrank until little was left of it except Bornu.
- Kanem-Bornu | History, Map, Culture, & Empire | BritannicaKanem-Bornu, African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya.
- Borno State - WikipediaBorno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe to the west for about 421 km, Gombe to the southwest for 93 km, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon for about 426 km (265 miles, partly across the Ebedi and Kalia Rivers).
- Borno State Government | Official websiteBorno State, located in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, borders Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, and the countries of Cameroon, Niger, and Chad. Its capital city is Maiduguri. Established in 1976, it originally included Yobe State, which separated in 1991.
- Kanem–Bornu Empire - WikipediaThe Bornu Empire (1380s–1893) was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria, in time becoming even larger than Kanem, incorporating areas that are today parts of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. [4] The early history of the empire is mainly known from the Royal Chronicle, or Girgam, discovered in 1851 by the German traveller Heinrich Barth.
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