Dunama VIII Gana
Mai of the Bornu Empire
About Dunama VIII Gana
Life Dunama VIII was a son of mai Muhammad VIII Ergama, According to the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the 1850s (about a century after Dunama's reign), Dunama was young at the time of his accession.
Dunama's rule was short, lasting only two or three years. He died at Ngazargamu and was succeeded as mai by his cousin Ali IV Kalirgima.
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