Borgu was a country in
Africa, partitioned between the
Great Britain and
France by the Anglo-French Convention of 1898. It lies in what is now
Nigeria and the Republic of
Benin.People of Borgu were known as Bariba and Borgawa. The most eastern country where people from Borgu (Dar Borgu) were reported in the first half of the 19th century was
Wolqayt in northwestern
Ethiopia. This group is descended from a party of
Muslims who had fulfilled their
hajj (pilgrimage to
Mecca), and decided to settle in Walqayt instead of completing their return trip. Their descendants, today speaking
Tigrinya, are now called Tsellim Bet ("House of the Black"), mixed with other groups of central African origin.
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