How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact overall?

Approx. 1000 years

What is the overall time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction?

The past 500 years

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people practised exchange for?

Probably for the past 1000 years

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in exchange?

The past 500 years.The language of communication changed from Kanuri to Hausa in the last 50 years. E.g. Schuh (2003) stated that in the late 60ies still many Bade spoke Kanuri as a second language (both men and women). 40-50 years later when I worked in this region, my impression was that only very few Bade have a command of Kanuri.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group peoples been forming families with each other for?

Although perhaps never not the most typical, mixed marriages do occur [today].

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been involved in the knowledge domain together for?

The Kanem-Borno empire exercised power in the area fanning to the east, north, and west of Lake Chad from around the 9th century well into the 19th century. Kanuri accepted Islam in the 11th century and were the primary purveyors of Islam in the eastern part of West Africa until the 19th century. The period of greatest power was from the 16th to the 18th centuries, when the empire and its influences extended from Darfur in the east to the oases of Bilma and the Air in the north to Kebbi in the west. The empire reached its high point under the great Mai Idris Alooma, who reigned from 1580-1617. Kanuri brought Islam to Kanem-Borno, and with Islam also a legal system. Related to Islamicization is a complex hierarchical political system, an organized system of trade, and warfare.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the knowledge domain?

Today Hausa has become the dominant language of wider communication all over northern Nigeria, and it is also employed for religious practices and educational purposes.

How long have Focus Group people and Neighbour Group people worked together for?

Approx. 500 years

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the labour domain?

For the past 500 years

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact in the local community?

approx. 1000 years

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the local community?

Approx. from the 16th century till present.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people traded for?

Approx. 1000 years

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in trade?

Approx. 500 years