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'''Logone-Birni''' is a town and [[Communes of Cameroon|commune]] in [[Cameroon]]. The town lies on the left (west) bank of the [[Logone River]] which at this point forms the state boundary between |
'''Logone-Birni''' is a town and [[Communes of Cameroon|commune]] in [[Cameroon]]. The town lies on the left (west) bank of the [[Logone River]] which at this point forms the state boundary between Cameroon and Chad. It is the capital of the [[Kotoko people]], whose two other principal cities are [[Kousséri]] and [[Goulfey]].<ref name="Barnes"/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Logone-Birne means Fort Logone and was founded around 1700 by Prince [[Bruha]].<ref name="Barnes"/> [[Dixon Denham]] visited Logone on 23 January 1824. He reported: |
Logone-Birne means Fort Logone and was founded around 1700 by Prince [[Bruha]].<ref name="Barnes"/> [[Dixon Denham]] visited Logone on 23 January 1824. He reported: |
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:''"I rode down the river, which here flows with great beauty and majesty past the high walls of this capital Loggun; it comes direct from the south-west, with a rapid current. We enetred the town by the western gate, which leads to the principle street: it is as wide as [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] and has large dwellings on each side, built with great uniformity, each having a courtyard in front, surrounded by a wall, and a handsome entrance. with a strong door hasped with iron: a number of the inhabitants were seated at their doors for the purpose of seeing us enter, with their slaves ranged behind them".<ref name=Denham>{{ cite book | last1=Denham | first1=Dixon | last2=Clapperton | first2=Hugh | author2-link=Hugh Clapperton | last3=Oudney | first3=Walter | author3-link=Walter Oudney | year=1826 | title=Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 (2 Volumes) | place=London | publisher=Murray }} [https://archive.org/stream/narrativetravel01salagoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume 2] p 14</ref> |
:''"I rode down the river, which here flows with great beauty and majesty past the high walls of this capital Loggun; it comes direct from the south-west, with a rapid current. We enetred the town by the western gate, which leads to the principle street: it is as wide as [[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]] and has large dwellings on each side, built with great uniformity, each having a courtyard in front, surrounded by a wall, and a handsome entrance. with a strong door hasped with iron: a number of the inhabitants were seated at their doors for the purpose of seeing us enter, with their slaves ranged behind them"''.<ref name=Denham>{{ cite book | last1=Denham | first1=Dixon | last2=Clapperton | first2=Hugh | author2-link=Hugh Clapperton | last3=Oudney | first3=Walter | author3-link=Walter Oudney | year=1826 | title=Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 (2 Volumes) | place=London | publisher=Murray }} [https://archive.org/stream/narrativetravel01salagoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume 2] p 14</ref> |
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===Gannibal=== |
===Gannibal=== |
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Logone-Birni has been suggested as the birthplace of [[Abram Petrovich Gannibal]] (1696-1781), a General in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] and great-grandfather of [[Alexander Pushkin]].<ref name="Barnes">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Hugh|title=Gannibal : the moor of Petersburg|date=2005|publisher=Profile Books|location=London|isbn=9781861973658}}</ref> This view was first aired by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] in 1962, albeit in a dismissive remark.<ref name="Nabokov">{{cite journal|last1=Nabokov|first1=Vladimir|title=Pushkin and Gannibal|journal=[[Encounter (magazine)|Encounter]] |
Logone-Birni has been suggested as the birthplace of [[Abram Petrovich Gannibal]] (1696-1781), a General in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] and great-grandfather of [[Alexander Pushkin]].<ref name="Barnes">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Hugh|title=Gannibal : the moor of Petersburg|date=2005|publisher=Profile Books|location=London|isbn=9781861973658}}</ref> This view was first aired by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] in 1962, albeit in a dismissive remark.<ref name="Nabokov">{{cite journal|last1=Nabokov|first1=Vladimir|title=Pushkin and Gannibal|journal=[[Encounter (magazine)|Encounter]]|date=1962|volume=19|issue=1|pages=11–26}}</ref> Previously, the predominant view, was that Gannibal was from [[Ethiopia]]. As Hugh Barnes suggested this may have arisen from the generic use of the term "Ethiopian" to cover all of Africa.<ref name="Barnes"/> However, in 1996 [[Dieudonné Gnammankou]] convincingly argued that Logone-Birni was his birthplace.<ref name="Nepomnyashchy">{{cite book|last1=Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Nicole Svobodny, Ludmilla A. Trigos (eds.)|title=Under the Sky of My Africa: Alexander Pushkin and Blackness|date=2006|publisher=Northwestern University Press|isbn=0810119714|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shNNrZJEEUEC|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nsl">{{cite book|title=New Statesman|date=2005|publisher=[[New Statesman]]|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aowxAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> This view was further elaborated by Hugh Barnes in ''Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg'' (2005).<ref name="Barnes"/> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Latest revision as of 01:49, 23 March 2023
Logone-Birni
Logone, Lagone | |
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 Logone-Birni, 1892 | |
  Logone-Birni Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 11°46′50″N 15°06′15″E / 11.78056°N 15.10417°E | |
| Land |  Kamerun |
| Province | Far North Province |
| Division | Logone-et-Chari |
| Population | |
| • Ethnicities | Kotoko |
| • Religions | Islam |
Logone-Birni is a town and commune in Cameroon. The town lies on the left (west) bank of the Logone River which at this point forms the state boundary between Cameroon and Chad. It is the capital of the Kotoko people, whose two other principal cities are Kousséri and Goulfey.[1]
History
[edit]Logone-Birne means Fort Logone and was founded around 1700 by Prince Bruha.[1] Dixon Denham visited Logone on 23 January 1824. He reported:
- "I rode down the river, which here flows with great beauty and majesty past the high walls of this capital Loggun; it comes direct from the south-west, with a rapid current. We enetred the town by the western gate, which leads to the principle street: it is as wide as Pall Mall and has large dwellings on each side, built with great uniformity, each having a courtyard in front, surrounded by a wall, and a handsome entrance. with a strong door hasped with iron: a number of the inhabitants were seated at their doors for the purpose of seeing us enter, with their slaves ranged behind them".[2]
Gannibal
[edit]Logone-Birni has been suggested as the birthplace of Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696-1781), a General in the Imperial Russian Army and great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin.[1] This view was first aired by Vladimir Nabokov in 1962, albeit in a dismissive remark.[3] Previously, the predominant view, was that Gannibal was from Ethiopia. As Hugh Barnes suggested this may have arisen from the generic use of the term "Ethiopian" to cover all of Africa.[1] However, in 1996 Dieudonné Gnammankou convincingly argued that Logone-Birni was his birthplace.[4][5] This view was further elaborated by Hugh Barnes in Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg (2005).[1]
Geography
[edit]The Logone Birni Basin
[edit]Logone-Birni has given its name to the Logone Birni Basin, which covers an area of 27,000 km2 and is part of the West and Central African Rift System.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Barnes, Hugh (2005). Gannibal : the moor of Petersburg. London: Profile Books. ISBN 9781861973658.
- ^ Denham, Dixon; Clapperton, Hugh; Oudney, Walter (1826). Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 (2 Volumes). London: Murray. Volume 2 p 14
- ^ Nabokov, Vladimir (1962). "Pushkin and Gannibal". Encounter. 19 (1): 11–26.
- ^ Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Nicole Svobodny, Ludmilla A. Trigos (eds.) (2006). Under the Sky of My Africa: Alexander Pushkin and Blackness. Northwestern University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0810119714. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
{{cite book}}:|last1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ New Statesman. New Statesman. 2005. p. 36. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Loule, Jean-Pierre; Lumbomil, Pospisil. "The Logone Birni Basin (LLB) in Northern Cameroon: Transition Between the West African Rift Sub- System (WAS) and the Central African Rift Sub-System (CAS); Tectonic and Geophysical Models". AAPG Search and Discovery. AAPG. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 (in French)
- Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (in French)
- Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996, Mémoire ENA. (in French)
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