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Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem (later Kanem-Bornu), north of Lake Chad, from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. 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.
Categories:- Destroyed cities
- History of Africa
- History of Chad
- Bornu Empire
- Former populated places in Chad
- Chad stubs
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