Bornu

Bornu, or Bornoro, a Central African country, in the Soudan, lies on the W. side of Lake Tchad and on the S. of the Sahara. It is for the most part flat and fertile, and covers an area of about 80,000 square miles. Its rivers, of which the Shary and the Komadugo Yaobe are the chief, flow into Lake Tchad, on the W. shore of which is Kuka, the capital, and one of the best markets in Central Africa. The chief products are barley, beans, cotton, indigo, maize, and millet; and the wealth of the inhabitants lies mainly in slaves and cattle, the horses of Bornu being famed throughout the Soudan. The mass of the people are negroes, and the dominant race, called Shouas, are of Arab descent and Mohammedans.