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Buguma
Buguma is a town in Rivers State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria and the seat of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari. It was founded in the early 1880s by Kalabari people who left their old capital, Elem Kalabari, after a civil war and conflict with the Bonny Kingdom. It remains the political centre of the Kalabari, together with Abonnema and Bakana.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Buguma. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/buguma
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