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Damasak
human settlement
DuungalAfirik Taƴto
LesdiNaajeeriya Taƴto
Nder laamooreMobbar Taƴto
Jonde kwa'odineto13°6′18″N 12°30′24″E Taƴto
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Damasak woni wuro mawngo nokku laamu Mobbar, haa woyla-fuunaange lesdi Naajeeriya, Borno. Ngo woni ko sara ɗo maayo Yobe e maayo Komadugu Gana kawrotoo,[1] e keerol leydi Niiseer.

Laawol ɗiɗi mawngol ina njottoyoo Damasak. Gooto ina yaha fuɗnaange haa Gubio e Maiduguri, laamorgo leydi Borno, goɗɗo o ina yaha fuɗnaange feewde Kukawa e Baga.

E nder duuɓi cakkitiiɗi ɗii, yahrude yeeso jeereende e nder worgo leydi Najeriya ina toɗɗii Damasak.[2]

E wiyde lefol ngol, ko Kamkama Modu, Karde jeyaaɗo e Bagirmi, sosi wuro ngoo.[3]

Damasak wonnoo ko nokku cemmbinɗo siwil Sao e teeminannde 16ɓiire, ina taarnaa ɗum koɗorɗe toowɗe tedduɗe, ɗe mbaylaaki. Ko Idris Alooma heɓti nde caggal nde ɓe ndarni nde e kitaale 1570 walla 1580, hono no Ibnu Furtu (mo inniri Sao en « Sao-Gafata ») winndiri nii.[4][5]

Nokku Damasak woni jooni oo, ina gasa tawa wonaa nokku mum gadano.[6] Daartoowo biyeteeɗo Graham Connah yilliima nokku oo e hitaande 1965, fedde worɓe nokku oo hollitii wonde nokku ɗo Damasak woni ɗoo hannde oo, ko hedde kiloomeeteer 1 bannge worgo nokku mum gadano oo (ɗo tufɗe ina tawee), tee ɓe kolliti ko ɗum woppitaa e feccere adannde e... 1800 kono ina joginoo ko ina wona duuɓi 100.[7]

Wiɗtoowo Almaañnaajo biyeteeɗo Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) habrii e kitaale 1850 wonde Damasak (ina winndaa Dammasak) ina waawi anndeede haa hannde e nokku maayo inniraango mum, kono hannde ina wiyee « Fatoghana ». O hollitii kadi wonde Edris, laamɗo Bornu tuggi 1353 haa 1376, maayi ko to Damasak e wiyde won e ciimtol.[8]

E lewru marse 2015, ko famɗi fof 70 maayɗo tawaama e nder wuro ngo.[9] Ɓe njiytaa ko ɓooyaani caggal nde wuro ngoo heɓtinaa e juuɗe Boko Haram.[10][11] Ñalnde 24 marse 2015, hoɗɓe ɓee mbiyi wonde Boko Haram nanngii ko ina ɓura 400 debbo e sukaaɓe e nder wuro ngo, nde ɓe ndogi e konu nguu e fuɗɗoode lewru nduu.[12]

  1. Mortimore, Michael. Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa, p. 244 (1989)(note 3 notes that the Komadugu Gana joins the Yobe at Damasak)
  2. Murray, Senan (23 January 2007). Nigerian houses swallowed by sand, BBC News
  3. Lange, Dierk. A Sudanic Chronicle: The Borno Expeditions of Idris Alauma (1564-1576) According to the Account of Ahmad b. Furtu, p. 44, 120-21 (1987)
  4. Shillington, Kevin. Encyclopedia of African history, Volume 1, entry on Borno (Bornu), Sultanate of: Mai Idris Alooma (1571-1603), p. 271 (2005)
  5. Diouf, Sylviane. Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies, p. 23-26 (Ohio University Press 2003)
  6. Rothmaler, Eva. Place names in Borno and Yobe States (Northern Nigeria), pp. 115, 216 (2007)
  7. Three Thousand Years in Africa, p. 200 (1981)
  8. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. II, p. 585 (1857)
  9. "Boko Haram crisis: At least 70 bodies found in Nigerian town". BBC News. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  10. Abubakar, Aminu (20 March 2015). "Mass grave found in former Boko Haram-held town in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  11. "Nigeria: Country Closes Borders As Military Dismiss New 'Baseless' Kidnappings". allAfrica.com: Deutsche Welle. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  12. Joe Penney (March 24, 2015). "Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds in northern Nigeria town: residents". Reuters. Retrieved May 2, 2015.