The Adamawa Plateau (also spelled Adamaoua) is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon (Adamawa Province) to the Central African Republic. The Adamawa Plateau is the source of the Benue River. The Adamawa Province (French Province de lAdamaoua) is a constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon. ... The Benue River or Bénoué River is the major tributary of the River Niger. ...
Adamawa was known as "The wild east" of the Caliphate, were Fulbe settlers occupied the vast highlands of Northern Cameroon and provided slaves for the empire from the neighboring areas.
Adamawa may be seen as the last link in a chain of empires being Islamized in the Sudan-belt during the last grand movement of Muslim expansion in Africa.
The vast plateau in the south, on the other hand, made the establishment of greater, uniform territories possible, which were easier to control for an empire basing its military force on cavalry.
The Adamawa Province (French Province de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon.
It borders the Centre and East provinces to the south, the Northwest and West provinces to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central African Republic (CAR) to the east, and the North Province to the north.
At Adama's death in 1847, Fulbe horsemen controlled territory from the Niger River to the west and the Logone to the east and from the Sahara to the north and the Sanaga River to the south to form the Sokoto Empire.
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