Biriri

Biriri lies in the dry plains of Bornu, in the country around Babban Gida. Sandy ground and sparse vegetation mark this part of the southern Sahel. The wider region belonged to the political world of Kanem-Bornu, whose rulers held court at Ngazargamu to the northeast. Their authority extended westward toward the Hausa lands, where Bornu's officials and neighbouring chiefs shared a changing frontier.