A migrant African chief
Subtitle: trials and triumph (mysticism or mythology), the inside story : an ex-diplomat's personal account of his African dynasty
By: M.B.P. Brimah.
Publisher: Noble House
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Brimah, Alhaji, ca. 1820-1915.; Muslims -- Ghana -- Accra -- Biography.; Accra (Ghana) -- Biography.; Ilorin (Nigeria) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE; title: CHIEF HADJI IBRAHIMA DYNASTY:; title: A MIGRANT AFRICAN CHIEF1; title: PART ONE; title: CHIEF ALHAJI BRIMAH I5; title: CHAPTER TWO; title: THE ILORIN EMIRATE9; title: PART TWO; title: THE MIRACLE TREE IN; title: OUTSKIRTS OF ILORIN AT BALLAH15; title: PART THREE; title: THE BURIAL OF AN EMIR17; title: PART FOUR; title: THE CORONATION19; title: CHAPTER THREE; title: ARRIVAL IN THE GOLD COAST27; title: PART FIVE; title: ANECDOTE; title: FATIMA OKPEDU PEREGRINO 33; title: PART SIX; title: MAMA ATE AND HER LEGACY:; title: AJOKE BARIKISU35; title: CHAPTER FOUR; title: THE EXPANSION OF THE; title: ZONGO COMMUNITIES IN ACCRA37; title: CHAPTER FIVE; title: RIFT IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY45; title: PART SEVEN; title: PALAVER HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE; title: CHRISTIANSBURG, ON THE 9TH JULY 190849; title: PART EIGHT; title: THE TRIUMPH OF CHIEF ALHAJI BRIMAH I53; title: APPENDIX ONE57; title: APPENDIX Two57; title: APPENDIX THREE57; title: MAPS61; title: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA61; title: THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA62; title: MAP OF WEST AFRICA63; title: PART NINE; title: THE BRIMAH DYNASTY WHO'S WHO; title: CHIEF ALHAJI ALIYU TIKA BRIMAH II65; title: CHIEF ABDUL KADIR BRIMAH III67; title: CHIEF ABDUL RAHIM BRIMAH IV69; title: CHIEF AMIDA PEREGRINO BRIMAH V71; title: CHIEF ABDUL AZIZ BRIMAH VI77; title: PART TEN; title: WHO'S WHO CONTINUES; title: MR. UMORU MOBOLAJI PEREGRINO BRIMAH81; title: SHEIKH YUSUF BRIMAH85; title: MR. ABUBAKAR GARUBA PEREGRINO BRIMAH85; title: MR. IDRIS PEREGRINO YOUNG BRIMAH86; title: MR. HAMZA BRIMAH89; title: MR. SULEIMAN GOMEZ BRIMAH90; title: PART ELEVEN; title: THE IDIL FITR AND IDIL KABIR CELEBRATION93; title: PART TWELVE; title: THE FINAL ENCOUNTER97; title: CONCLUSION103; title: APPENDIX ONE103; title: APPENDIX TWO104; title: APPENDIX THREE105; title: APPENDIX FOUR: ILORIN/WEST MERGER: REVISITED106; title: APPENDIX FOUR-B107; title: INDEX111.