Adamawa

/ ˌædəˈmɑːwə /

noun

a state of Nigeria, in the E on the border with Cameroon. Capital: Yola. Pop: 3 168 101 (2006). Area: 36 917 sq km (14 254 sq miles)
a small group of languages of W Africa, spoken chiefly in E Nigeria, N Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and N Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), forming a branch of the Niger-Congo family

Their most southerly emirate is Adamawa, the country on both sides of the upper Benue.

Adamawa, a region in the Lower Soudan with a healthy climate and a fertile soil, rich in all tropical products.

That part of Adamawa recognized as outside the British frontier was occupied in 1901 after somewhat severe fighting.

Vogel succumbed to the climate about a year afterwards, on a journey to Adamawa.

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