Kanem–Bornu Empire ta kasance daula ce data taba kasancewa a inda ayau itace kasar Cadi da Nijeriya. Masanan kasashe larabawa suna kiran daular da Kanem Empire daga karni na 9th harzuwa sanda takasance daular musulunci Bornu ( Bornu Empire) a 1900. Kanem Empire CE tun daga shekara ta (c. 700 zuwa 1380) takasance ne kasashen Chad, Nigeria da Libya. A matukar girmar daular ta tattara kasashe ba kawai daukacin kasar Chad ba, takai har zuwa kudancin kasar Libya (Fezzan) da gabashin Nijar, arewa maso gabas din Nigeria da arewacin kamerun. A yayin da Daular Bornu take a shekara ta (1380s zuwa 1893) takasance kasace a inda ake kira ayau arewa maso gabashin Nigeria, wanda tacigaba da girma fiye da daular Kanem, tatattari kasashen da ayau sune ko kuma suke daga cikin kasashe kamar Chad, Nijar, Sudan, da Cameroon; amsameta daga shekara ta 1380s zuwa 1893. Farkon tarihin daular ansansa ne da jerin masu sarautar ko Girgam matafiyin bincike dan kasar jamus wato Heinrich Barth wanda aka gano a shekarar 1851. Kanem takasance a kudancin dake yankin kasuwanci da ake kira wato trans-Saharan trade dake tsakanin garin Tripoli da kuma yankin tabkin Cadi.