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92 To neighbonring tribes they are known by a great variety of names : — Zaberma Hausanke Bolewa usually Kanawa, but also Hausa and Afuno' Fulani Hausiyen Gerawa Bau Hakkini Kerrikerri Mugdu or Mugadu Bagarmi Afuno Sarra Dum Kanuri Afunu Shuwwa Arabs Afunu or Hausa Margbi Hosab or Hausa Ɗjuknm Mbakpwa Ɗakerkerri Ukwundi Nupe Gincbi The name Hausa, then, is by no means universal. Afunu, the name by wbicb the eastern peoples know them, is almost as common. Nearly all Hausas, if asked to what race they belong, will answer, ba Kat- seni, ba Zanfara, &c. The smaller tribes bordering on Hausa call their nearest neighbours Goberawa, Kanawa, Zanfarawa, &c., as the case may be. Barth suggests that the name Afunu originated from the name of a king of Kano. So little is known of the subject that it may be worth while giving a derivation of the word suggested by a Fulani tradition ; though I am bound to say that the authority for the tradition is not very reliable. The Kanuri are called by the Fulani Sirratiyen, and