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Three Jukun men in blue-and-white traditional attire representing the Kwararafa Federation at sunset

Kwararafa Federation: The Powerful State That Predated Nigeria

Think Africa Reference Guide • Nigerian History • African States Kwararafa Federation: The Benue Power That Challenged the Hausa States Kwararafa was a powerful and unusually diverse political formation centred broadly on the Benue valley of what is now central Nigeria. Its exact boundaries, capital, ethnic composition and even the meaning of the name remain […]

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Federation of Kwararafa (13th – 18th Century)

Africa is full of surprises. Most people visit Africa for safari parks and taking pictures of lovely animals from Range Rovers. But what if you could take a trip into the mind like inception – a journey through time and space. What if you could journey into your imagination and visit a sophisticated African state with no king, no concerns of external threats, a self-sufficient domestic economy, no economy dependent on slavery? Such a state existed.

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