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Ibrahim Nagwamatse

fl. 1880 · 19th century

Ibrahim Nagwamatse was Emir of Kontagora from 1880, son of the emirate's founder Umaru Nagwamatse. Under him the slave raiding on which Kontagora lived reached its peak, depopulating much of the region. British forces under Frederick Lugard attacked Kontagora in 1901, and he was captured in 1902.

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Kontagora Emirate

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