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Figure 2 gives a detailed view of the Gwoza hills, with information on the topography and
important settlements of the Gwoza Local Government Area (Gwoza LGA), including
Ghwa'a and Korana Basa which are the main administrative units of Dghweɗe. Ghwa'a was
where I had my research station. For the elevations please refer to the key in Figure 1. In
Figure 2 we see how the international boundary separates the Gwoza LGA from the
Cameroonian side, following the Kirawa river to its source in Ngoshe Sama. The Gvoko of
Ngoshe Sama are the southern neighbours of the Dghweɗe and still belong to the Gwoza
LGA. We can see how the Borno state boundary separates the Gwoza hills from the Tur
heights, the latter belonging to Adamawa state. We link the DGB stone ruins and early terrace
farming to the 15th century when Kirawa as the capital of the pre-Islamic Wandala started to
become a centre of transregional trade.
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