Mai Dunama was the head of the Sayfawa
confederacy during the early part of the twelfth century. He was supposedly the first Mai to take a
pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
to
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow ...
.
References
* Gerald S. Graham, Thomas Hodgkin; ''Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology''
Rulers of the Kanem Empire
12th-century monarchs in Africa
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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