o:id
	12696
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/12696
o:resource_template
	Book chapter
o:resource_class
	bibo:Chapter
dcterms:title
	Kubafolo or Bafilo
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25172
dcterms:date
	2012
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8440
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115706351 Q115706351
	iwac-reference-0000543
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:alternative
	Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
dcterms: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.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/544
dcterms:provenance
	Leiden
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1909
bibo:editorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1929
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1930
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1932
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1931
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1933
bibo:doi
	https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4462 10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4462

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