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The Yerwa Kanuri are a Kanuri subgroup alongside manga Kanuri that live in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Sudan. They speak Central Kanuri, a Nilo-Saharan language. The population numbers several million. Most Yerwa Kanuri are Muslims and farmers. They are also traditionally sheep and cattle herders.[1]

  1. ^ PeopleGroups.org. "PeopleGroups.org - Yerwa Kanuri of Niger". peoplegroups.org. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

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Yerwa Kanuri people

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The Yerwa Kanuri are a Kanuri subgroup alongside manga Kanuri that live in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Sudan. They speak Central Kanuri, a Nilo-Saharan...

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Kanuri people

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The Kanuri people (Kanouri, Kanowri, also Yerwa, Barebari and several subgroup names) are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former...

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Kanuri language

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dialects, Manga Kanuri and Yerwa Kanuri (also called Beriberi, which its speakers consider to be pejorative), were spoken by 9,700,000 people in Central Africa...

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Kanuri

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turn of the 21st century, Kanuri had two main dialects: Manga Kanuri and Yerwa Kanuri, which is also called Beriberi. The Kanuri language is associated with...

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Central Kanuri

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by the Yerwa Kanuri who are the largest subgroup of Kanuri people in West and Central Africa today. Yerwa Kanuri is the largest of the Kanuri varieties...

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Maiduguri

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centuries. Maiduguri actually consists of two cities: Yerwa to the West and Old Maiduguri to the east. Yerwa was founded in 1907 by Abubakar Garbai of Borno...

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Ibrahim Imam

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of Yerwa in 1951 after supporting a strike of Native Administration workers. In 1916, Imam was born into an aristocratic Kanuri family from the Yerwa district...

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Borno State

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Borno State has been occupied by ISWAP. The state has a predominance of Kanuri people, while other ethnic groups such as Lapang, Babur/Bura, Mafa and Marghi...

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Abubakar Garbai of Borno

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1922 and previous to that served as Shehu of Dikwa. In 1907 he founded Yerwa as the capital. Abubakar Garbai was the son of Shehu Ibrahim Kura of Borno...

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Damboa

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many of the Damboa people end up becoming half Kanuri and Half Marghi although there are still pure Marghi family as well as pure Kanuri family even as at...

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Waziri Ibrahim

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Alhadji Waziri Kolo Ibrahim (26 February 1926 – 1992) was a Kanuri business man from Borno State, Nigeria, who became a prominent politician and party...

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Outline of Niger

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language Kanuri language Hassānīya Tayart Tamajeq Zarma language People of Niger Djerma Fula people Hausa people Songhai people Tuareg Wodaabe Yerwa Kanuri Kanuri...

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Norbert Cyffer

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Wissenschaften. Retrieved 2020-04-28. Cyffer, Norbert. 1974. Syntax des Kanuri: Dialekt von Yerwa (Maiduguri). Hamburg: H. Buske. "Geschichte der Afrikanistik am...

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Languages of Niger

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national languages, namely Arabic, Buduma, Fulfulde, Gourmanchéma, Hausa, Kanuri, Zarma & Songhai, Tamasheq, Tassawaq, Tebu. These ten national languages...

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Sanda Kura

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Sanda Kura later returned to Borno and was made ajia (district head) of Yerwa in 1915. In 1922, he again became Shehu of Borno. Following his passing...

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Yobe State

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major ethnic groups living in Yobe state are the Fulani, Karai-karai and Kanuri, while other ethnic communities include Bolewa, Ngizim, Bade, Hausa, Ngamo...

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Kashim Ibrahim

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a close associate of Sir Ahmadu Bello. Ibrahim was born in Gargar Ward, Yerwa to the family of Ibrahim Lakanmi. He started his education learning Arabic...

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Zanna Bukar Dipcharima

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to become president of Borno Province branch of the NPC and head of the Yerwa District in 1956, taking the traditional title of Zanna. He won a seat in...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups

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G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by status: List of Indigenous peoples List of diasporas List of stateless nations regional lists: Ethnic groups...

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Ahmed Bolori

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"Kogi gov. appoints Ahmed Bolori special adviser, public relations -..." Yerwa Express News. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-07-05...

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