The Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon northeastern Nigeria,...
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of what is today Cameroon. The Mandara people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants. Tradition states that Mandara was founded shortly before 1500...
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refer to: Mandara languages is one of the group of Chadic languages Mandara Kingdom of Cameroon Mandara Mountains of Cameroon Mandara people, also called...
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Caste systems in Africa (section Mandara people)
to have been divinely sanctioned. The Mandara people also featured an endogamous slave strata. The Toubou people are an Islamic ethnic group inhabiting...
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The Mandara were an indigenous Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They are extinct, having been absorbed into neighboring peoples...
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The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic...
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The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue...
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] a written form of Mandara has been made by a Korean missionary. So far, about 3,000 people are literate in this form of Mandara, and a Bible has been...
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North Region (Cameroon) (section People)
from Kanem-Bornu to pursue the Mandara people. He led the charge to conquer Guider by 1810, then he moved on the Mandara capital of Douolo. Adama took...
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Far North Region (Cameroon) (section People)
defensible against the Fulani invaders. The various Mandara peoples lie primarily in the Mandara Mountains along the border with Nigeria. The Mandarawa...
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Region. Being one of the most influential and economically successful peoples in Tanzania, their relative wealth comes from favorable fertile soil of...
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The Mandara Plateau mosaic, also known as the Mandara Plateau woodlands, is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion located in the Mandara...
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and the ‘Bulahai’. The Mafas live in the central part of the Northern Mandaras, which is a region formed by the North area of the Mokolo Plateau and the...
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respective states.: 271–274 : 213–216 The Marghi people are believed to have migrated from the Mandara mountains and other highlands in northern Cameroon...
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Shiva Rajkumar (category Living people)
Best Actor and, the romantic dramas Janumada Jodi (1996) and Nammoora Mandara Hoove (1996), the action drama Simhada Mari (1997), the biographical film...
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used for the destruction of the three cities was fashioned from Mount Mandara: Śiva had to make grand preparations for a fight with the Tripuras. He...
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have retreated to the Mandara Mountains, along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. In late February, suicide bombers killed about 50 people in Damaturu, Potiskum...
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Wandala language (redirect from Mandara language (Nigeria))
Wandala, also known as Mandara or Mura', is a language in the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Wandara...
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maintain themselves against the Fulbe. This also applies to the other peoples of Mandara region, such as the Mafa, Mofu, Podoko Guisiga, or Daba. The mountain...
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of Mandara. From there, he sent a letter to the Mai of Mandara, Bukar Djiama, asserting that Shehu Usman appointed him as Lamido and that Mandara fell...
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Mandara on his mount and carried it towards its destination, the midst of the ocean. Reaching their destination, Vasuki coiled himself around Mandara...
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El Mandara or Al Mandarah (Arabic: المندرة) is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The modern neighborhood of El Mandarah is identified with the ancient...
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The Ukwuani people (also called Ndokwa people are a subgroup of the Igbo people located in the southern part of Nigeria in the western part of the Niger...
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Fali of Mubi (category Biu-Mandara languages)
several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali. Fali people are strong people of rich cultural heritage and values. Their main source of income...
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Bata language (category Biu-Mandara languages)
where the "agricultural Bata" live. It is now spoken by only a few dozen people. Bacama is a Gbwata ethnic group settled in Nigeria. There are 2,500 speakers...
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Yedina language (category Biu-Mandara languages)
Yedina, also known as Buduma (Boudouma), is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon...
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Borno State (section Displaced People)
West Sudanian savanna in the centre and south with a part of the montane Mandara Plateau in the southeast. In the far northeast of the state is the Nigerian...
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Bura language (redirect from Babur people)
is a Chadic language spoken in North-eastern Nigeria by the Bura-Pabir people. Dialects include Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul...
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Jara language (category Biu-Mandara languages)
Akko, and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs. It is an Afro-Asiatic language, in the Biu–Mandara branch of Chadic family. Use of Jara is declining; it is being displaced...
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Satan's Slaves 2: Communion (category Films about deaf people)
activity at Mandara; they also reveal that Bahri was one of the police officers who took Budiman to see Heru in 1955. Meanwhile, the lift at Mandara malfunctions...
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