Kwararafa

Kwararafa

Kwararafa was a state in what is today eastern Nigeria located south of the Hausa States. It existed before 1500.

References

*"The Times Atlas of World History". (Maplewood: Hammond, 1989) p. 137
*"The DK Atlas of World History". Map of "African Trade and the Spread of Islam, 500-1500 AD". (Dorling Kindersley Publishing Book, 2000) p. 162


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