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During some twenty-six years spent in various parts of Northern Nigeria, much of the author's leisure was occupied in attempts to find data for the compilation of a true history of its more important units, or ruling races, such as the Fulbe and Kanuri of Bornu: and to winnow grains of historical truth from vast accretions of picturesque, and sometimes grotesque, chaff which encumbers records, both written and oral, in the Sudan. As the quest proceeded, it became more and more apparent that the general verdict of tradition among the more educated classes, whose habitat to-day is the southern fringe of the Sahara, is to the effect that there is scarcely a cultural idea, or custom, which they regard as theirs that has not come to them in a past, however remote a past it may have been, from the North or East, more especailly the East.
Très rare édition d'un ouvrage fondamental pour l'étude de l'histoire des pays du Tchad qui ne fut tiré qu'à 500 exemplaires.
L'auteur qui fut résident de la Province du Bornu passa 26 ans dans le Nord du Nigeria. Il nous livre dans ses ouvrages un état irremplaçable des connaissances au milieu des années 30 quant à l'histoire et aux coutumes des populations de cette région en particulier basée sur les sources locales écrites ou orales..
