| 1. | The Kanembu are centered in Lac Prefecture and southern Kanem Prefecture.
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| 2. | In Chad, Kanembu speakers differentiate themselves from the large Kanuri ethnicity.
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| 3. | The dynasty was rooted in the Kanembu.
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| 4. | Opportunistic power seekers sought to gather followers ( often using Kanembu leader, Lol Mahamat Choua.
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| 5. | At the end of the twelfth century, the Kanembu moved into what is today Kanem Prefecture.
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| 6. | Divisions include the Manga, Tumari, and Bilma dialects of Central Kanuri and the more distinct Kanembu language.
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| 7. | Umar Idrismi to abandon Njimi and move the Kanembu people to Kanuri, and founded a new capital, Ngazargamu.
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| 8. | The Kanembu would not fully reconquer their former capital Njimi until the early sixteenth century under " Mai"
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| 9. | At the same time, the Kanembu people drew closer to the new rulers and increased the growing population in Njimi.
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| 10. | Finally, after warring with Kanem since the 1370s, the Bulala people forced the Kanembu people under " mai"
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