Modibo Adama

Adama ɓii Ardo Hassana (1786 – 1847), more commonly known as Modibbo Adama (Modibbo meaning "learned man"), was a <a href="/facts/Fula_people/A7SYUdXz">Fulani</a> scholar from the Yillaga (Yirlaɓe) clan. He led a <a href="/facts/Jihad/DerLM18J">jihad</a> into the region of Fombina (in modern-day <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a> and <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a>) and established the <a href="/facts/Adamawa_Emirate/jl8fHJdA">emirate of Fombina</a>, also known as Adamawa.
Modibbo Adama received a flag from <a href="/facts/Shehu_Usman_dan_Fodio/RR5TmDgr">Shehu Usman dan Fodio</a> to lead a jihad in Fombina ('southlands') during the <a href="/facts/Jihad_of_Usman_dan_Fodio/XocXzmmq">Sokoto revolution</a>. Fombina later became one of the largest and most complex emirates in Usman's Sokoto Caliphate. It spanned about forty thousand square miles that covered parts of northeastern Nigeria, entire northern Cameroon and parts of Central African Republic.

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Modibo Adama