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Njimi

Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem (later Kanem-Bornu), north of Lake Chad. Founded by the Sefawa dynasty in the eleventh century, the town dominated trans-Saharan trade in ivory and slaves between the central Sahara and Libya. The precise location of Njimi has yet to be determined.

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