Bakka

Bakka lies in the country around Dumne and Song, north of the Benue River. The surrounding lands form part of Adamawa, a region of river plains and uplands inhabited by many different peoples. In the early nineteenth century, the Fulani leader Modibbo Adama began a jihad in this wider country. The emirate that emerged became part of the Sokoto empire and extended across the Benue region toward the eastern highlands.