Wulki (Sultanate)
Wulki (or Woulki ) was a sultanate of the Kotoko in the far north of today's Cameroon , named after the city of the same name , which is located in the Logone delta in Lake Chad , about 60 km northwest of N'djamena . The sultanate was also a city-state at the same time , since, like the other Kotoko sultanates, it primarily consisted of the city and the surrounding area.
When the area was annexed by the French colonial empire, the colonial administrator Émile Gentil transferred the land of the Kotoko to Jaggara , the first Sheikh of the Shua Arabs , who had joined the French. The sovereign territory called the Serbewel Sultanate with the capital Goulfey, which was still subject to the French colonial administration, could not consolidate itself. The disempowered rulers of the Kotoko sultanates Makari and Afaderaised an army and went to Goulfey. The punitive expedition started by the French in 1914 was paradoxically directed against Shuwa Arabs and not against the rebels. Since Jaggara was now deprived of its power base, the colonial administration initiated a reorganization of the country. In 1953, following the example of the Kotoko sultanates, the country was divided into five cantons, namely Wulki, Goulfey , Makari , Afade and Bodo . Further south there was at least the Kotoko Sultanate of Logone-Birni , which was not affected by the unrest, as it had obviously never been integrated into the Serbewel Sultanate.
Wulki is now part of the Makari commune .
In 2005 and 2010 there were floods that led to epidemics, and there were recurring tensions between Kotoko and Arabs, which have not yet been resolved properly.
The city itself, in which around 8,000 people live, is now dominated by Arabs, while in the surrounding area, which is home to around 130,000 people, Mpade and Arabs live roughly in equal parts. Tribal war-like conflicts often occur between the Kotoko and the Arabs, but the Sultan of Makari tries to establish peace between the warring parties.
The predominant religion is Islam, there are also some animists and Catholics.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ethnoarcheology of Shuwa-Arab-Settlements by Augustin Holl (English) Source: Google Books, accessed on October 26, 2015
- ↑ Région de l'Est (French), cvuc.cm, accessed on October 26, 2015