@juergen_hubert You might consider the Guduf (Gudupe), a small tribe of the Fali people residing along the border of northeastern Nigeria and Chad. Many tribes objected to domination by the Bornu and Hausa emirates, and later the Fulani (Fulbe), the dominant ethnic group in North Central Africa. During conflict in the 1800’s tribes including the Guduf fled to the Mandara Mountains, hills and valleys.
@juergen_hubert The Mandara Mountains are defensible terrain and so provide some protection from slavers. This is an isolated region with significant iron ore deposits. Mandara became a center of weapon and tool manufacture that further attracted other tribes and as a result of this intertribal contact it served as a locus for the spread of weapon designs.
@meltedcheese
"No ethnography of the Guduf has been written so far. However, there seem to be a number of unpublished fieldnotes around (R. Lukas, Wolff, Muller-Kosack). Ha-Koo Kim (Leipzig University) is currently writing a linguistic PhD on Guduf."
Sadly, that doesn't sound promising for research purposes...
Add comment