Wp/bol/Bole

Bole The History has it that the bolewa people left Yemen in Saudi Arabia over 1,000 years ago. They were said to be of Hamitic origin and one of the Kororofa group which left Arabia sometime after 940AD.The Bolewa were believed to be Kanembu immigrants. Kanembu in Daza language means the people of the South, that is, south of Lake Chad.Kanem represents Chad area were referred to as the Kanembu by the Daza people who accupied the northern part of Lake Chad Basin. When the Bolewa left Lake Chad, they moved with some thirty-five other tribes including the Kanuris and the Jukuns. Between 1000 AD and 1300 AD, this group moved westward to the shores of Lake Chad and beyond to the south. They were then nomadic cattle owners who journeyed for about 226 years during which they founded the towns of Biyri and Kalam in the Gongola River basin. It is assumed that the Bolewa had some kind of affinity with the Kayi people, the subtribe known as the Bolewa of Fittri. When the Bolewa left Yemen, their leader was a warlord called "Mahadi" and was aided by six councillors, namely: Tinja, Ciroma, Tinja Fuya, Galadima,Masaya and Ramana. These titles still exist in the political structure of Fika Emirate till today. As the Bolewa journeyed from place to place possibly in search of grazing land since they owned herds of cattle, the tribes gradually became divided into sub-branches such as the Pabir and the Biyri. According to history, the Bolewa and Kanuri were brothers, having left Yemen together, but severed relationship near Lake Chad after a hunting quarrel. Soon after, the pabir and Biyri, both sun-tribes of the Bolewa, migrated southward while the original Bolewa moved westward with their herds of cattle in search of a permanent home. As they were not numerically stronger, they inter married with the local dark-skinned people and, eventually,in about 1352 AD, reached the abrupt ranges of Daniski hills inhabited by the Ngamawa people. Here, the leader of the Bolewa, Mahadi, reined his horse and said "Daniski" (meaning, here I stop). It is from this saying that Daniski got its present name. It should be noted here, however, that the term "Daniski" was of Bole orgin because it was in the Bole language that the Magadi spoke of "Daniski" or 'here' I stop. The account states further that the local people in their dialect said,"Bolewa?" (meaning Why?);" and it is from this too that the Bolewa got their name. This term was said to have been of the Ngamo origin, but the two groups shere similar dialects in term of language spoken. At Daniski, the Bolewa and the Ngamawa lived peacefully together until the Bolewa gained the control of the area by sheer diplomacy. The Bolewa were predominantly Muslims. This had to do with their ancestral origin. Various African tribes claim ancestral origin from the"East", notably Arabia, Yemen or Jerusalem, because the"East" is the birth place of the two prominent religious - Islam and Christianity. That the Bolewa were predominantly Muslims could be due to the fact that they came from Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. There is no central tribal organisation among the Bolewa, but each section of the tribe has a local administration with well -developed features. Each unit call itself by its own local title. For example, the Bolewa of Fika call themselves "AMFIKKA" but they recognize the term "Bolewa" as the generic title. This is the team by which the Kanuri described the Bolewa. The Hausa refer to them as Bolewa. The Bolewa tradition associated the tribe in its earliest days with Yemen. The kings of Kanem and Songhai also attest to the claim that the Bolewa came all the way from Yemen. It is probable that the Bolewa kings belong to the group of Semitic invaders who found their way into Sudan from Abyssinia and established, at various times, kingdoms in Kanem Borno, Ghana, Gao, Mali, pabir, Mandara, Lagone, Baghirmi,etc. The Bolewa are said to have severed relationship with their wandering brothers, the Kanuri, on the shores of Lake Chad and later the Shirawa and Pabir same 717 years ago. Thereafter, they reportedly established themselves gradually at various centres to the west and north-west, the most important of which were Kalam, Kwami, Byiri, Fali, Jimbam, and Daniski. Today the Bolewa in Fika claim to be brothers to the Mabra and Fali tribes. There are, however, two versions to the historical origin of the Bolewa tribe. The first traced their origin from Gera in Baghirmi. It states that the Bolewa left Baghirmi because of a plague among the Kanuri and settled first at Shani and other places around Biu and Bornu: but that frequent querrels with the original settlers in there places made them relocate to Lariski which they used as a transit camp before settling eventually at Daniski . They are believed to have lived here for more than 300 years. The other version links the origin of the Bolewa with Yemen. The eastern origin for many African tribes, as said earlier, derives from the fame and prestige associated with the East. The two traditions have one thing in common though: the Kanuri relationship with the Bolewa and the Latter's movement to Daniski. After the look last Magadi the leader of the Bolewa died at Daniski their new leader used the title "Moi', Moi Ibrahim Dabara, it is said, left Daniski to build a walled town on the plains known as"Lafiya Moi" which in 1805 was renamed Fika. About this time, history has it that the Bolewa began to compete with other tribes in the area, like the Ngamo, Ngizim, and the Kare-Kare, and by the end of the 19th century had attained dominance over all the other ethnic groups. Thus, the Bolewa established sovereignty over the Ngamo, with whom they first made contact, and sections of the Kare-Kare and Ngizim tribes. The Bolewa reportedly lived at Daniski for precisely 361 years and seven months before Moi Ibrahim Dazara built a walled town on the plains called "Lafiya Moi". The celebrated sweet date palms of Fika are said to have come from palm trees brought originally from Daniski. The date palm is a common sight in Fika Emirate and it is grown all over Fika town. The late Emir of Fika, Alhaji Muhammadu Ibn Idrisd, although could not confirm the origin of the date palms at Daniski, it was his belief that the date palms were brought by his people on their journey to Fika to settle. The palms on Daniski hills have however disappeared while those in Fika require some tending.

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English. Bole. Hausa. kanuri

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