Dufuna canoe

Dufuna Canoe jẹ́ ọkọ̀ ojú-omi kékeré kan tí a ṣe àwárí i rẹ̀ ní ọdún 1987 látipasẹ̀ Fulani darandaran màálù kan ní ibùsọ̀ díẹ̀ si abúlé ti Dufuna ní agbègbè ìjọba ìbílẹ̀ Fune èyí tí kò jìnnà sí odò Komadugu Gana, ni Ipinle Yobe, orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà.[1][2] Ìbáraẹnisọ̀rọ̀ Radiocarbon ti àpẹẹrẹ èédú tí wọ́n ṣe àwárí ní agbègbè ná à ni ọkọ̀ ojú-omi kékeré kan tí ọdún rẹ ẹ̀ tó 8,500 sí ọdún 8,000, èyí tí ó sì sọ agbègbè náà pọ̀ mọ́ Ilẹ̀ Lake Mega Chad.[3] Ọkọ̀ yí gùn tó ìwọ̀n mẹ́jọ (èyí tí í ṣe ìwọ̀n ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n) 8 metres (26 ft) ní gígùn[4]

  1. Garba, Abubakar. The architecture and chemistry of a dug-out: the Dufuna Canoe in ethno-archaeological perspective. http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/oai/container/index/docId/1859. 
  2. Ujorha, Tadaferua O. (16 September 2002). "Nigeria: Dufuna Canoe: a Bridge Across 8,000 Years". Daily Trust (Abuja). https://allafrica.com/stories/200209170457.html. 
  3. Gumnior, Maren (2003). Holocene fluvial dynamics in the NE Nigerian Savanna. 
  4. "Africa’s oldest boat set for exhibit in Nigeria". Africa Times. 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200228205238/https://africatimes.com/2018/04/06/africas-oldest-boat-set-for-exhibit-in-nigeria/. 

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