Kwararafa
Kororofa | |||||||||
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| c. 1500–c. 1840 | |||||||||
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| Status | Tribal confederacy | ||||||||
| Capital | Wukari | ||||||||
| Common languages | Jukun Takum language | ||||||||
| Tribal chief | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | c. 1500 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 1840 | ||||||||
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Kororofa (Kwararafa in
Regardless, a spiritually important pagan Jukun priest-kingship at Wukari appears to have been the centre of Kwararafa power, but in the 17th century, that may have spread much farther. Leo Africanus records a Bornu raid into Kwararafa territory at the end of the 15th century and the resistance of Kwararafa horsemen. They practiced a bureaucratic state of rule and was headed by the Aku whose powers were greatly limited.
The Kano Chronicles among other Hausa sources record successful invasions of Hausaland by the Kwararafa, specifically against
Regardless of the brutality of the relations, there seems to have been a long period of respect between states. During the 18th century, communities of each apparently lived in the cities of the other, and a tradition of
Hausa communities too were found in the Kwararafa territory. Still, the state apparently was resolutely pagan and remained so past its decline in the 18th century. By the end of that century, Kwararafa paid tribute to Bornu. By the 19th century they were reduced to small towns, resisting, for a period, the
The
References
- ^ ISBN 0-521-20413-5pp. 134-136
- ISBN 0-521-45599-5
- ^ Abimbola O Adesoji and Akin Alao. "Indigeneship and Citizenship in Nigeria: Myth and Reality" (PDF). Obafemi Awolowo University. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- The Times Atlas of World History. (Maplewood: Hammond, 1989) p. 137
- The DK Atlas of World History. Map of "African Trade and the Spread of Islam, 500-1500 AD". (Dorling Kindersley Publishing Book, 2000) p. 162