Kubafolo or Bafilo
- Title
- Kubafolo or Bafilo
- list of authors
- Robert Cornevin
- list of editors
- Peri J. Bearman
- Thierry Bianquis
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth
- Emeri J. van Donzel
- Wolfhart Heinrichs
- Abstract
- Kubafolo or Bafilo, the centre of the administrative region of Northern Togo, situated in lat. 8° 40′ N. and long, 1′ 30’ E., 73 km. north of Sokodé. It owes its origin to the unforeseen halting of a column of Gonja warriors led by Mama, ruler of Pembi, and which was returning from a campaign against Djougou at the beginning of the 19th century. They stopped at Séméré (now in the People’s Republic of Benin), and a group settled there. The warriors were tired by a long march through the mountain regions, but did not dare to ask their chief to stop; however, the latter’s horse stopped to urinate, and the warriors seized the opportunity to halt. Finding the spot pleasant, they set up an encampment which they named Gobangafol (from banga “horse” and mbofol “urine”). These Gouang warriors settling there married Tern women and adopted the Tern language. The traditions vary concerning this expedition; according to Goody, it was probably commanded by Soumaïla Ndewura Jakpa, king of Pembi, and according to others, by Mama, with Séméré and Bafilo being founded by rebellious dissidents rather than by disciplined soldiers.
- Book Title
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Publisher
- Brill
- Date
- 2012
- Language
- Anglais
- Spatial Coverage
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Togo
Part of Kubafolo or Bafilo