Kanuri Regionalism in Nigeria
A Nigeria specific small Kanuri nationalist movement emerged in 1950s, centred around Bornu. Some "Pan-Kanowri" nationalists claimed an area of 532, 460 km² for the territory of what they called "Greater Kanowra", including the modern day prefectures of Lac and Kanem in Chad, Far North Province in Cameroon and the departments of Diffa and Zinder in Niger.
In 1954, the Borno Youth Movement (BYM) was founded, and played a role as a mass regionalist political party up through the end of colonialism though it petered out in at independence.
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