Kotoko people

The Kotoko are a people of the floodplains south of Lake Chad, along the Chari and Logone rivers in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. They are regarded as descendants of the Sao culture and organised themselves into small walled city-states such as Logone-Birni, Kousseri and Makari, which paid tribute to Bornu. Most adopted Islam between the 17th and 19th centuries, and they are known for fishing, brick architecture and bronze work.