Garoumalé

Garoumalé is associated with the early history of Kanem-Bornu, in the country north of Lake Chad. An enclosure of sun-dried brick surrounds the old site, and within it stood structures built of fired red brick, often called a palace. Historical traditions describe Garoumalé as a seat of the Sayfawa rulers after they left Njimi and before they established Birni Ngazargamu in the fifteenth century.