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been able to do this work as an outsider over a period of about 15 years, trying to document
Dghweɗe traditional culture of the past. I hope that the field accounts that present the
testimonies of our oral protagonists will serve the Dghweɗe survivors of Boko Haram as fond
memories from their mountain homeland, while the discussions and interpretations will
hopefully help future historians to critically review the things I have written in a meaningful
way. I hope from the bottom of my heart that the many modern descendants of the Dghweɗe
will go on to study their shared history from the perspective of the far distant future, but
would like them not to forget that we are all bound to the present when reshaping ideas about
the distant past.
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