1. The Kanembu are centered in Lac Prefecture and southern Kanem Prefecture. 2. In Chad, Kanembu speakers differentiate themselves from the large Kanuri ethnicity. 3. The dynasty was rooted in the Kanembu . 4. Opportunistic power seekers sought to gather followers ( often using Kanembu leader, Lol Mahamat Choua. 5. At the end of the twelfth century, the Kanembu moved into what is today Kanem Prefecture. 6. Divisions include the Manga, Tumari, and Bilma dialects of Central Kanuri and the more distinct Kanembu language. 7. Umar Idrismi to abandon Njimi and move the Kanembu people to Kanuri, and founded a new capital, Ngazargamu. 8. The Kanembu would not fully reconquer their former capital Njimi until the early sixteenth century under " Mai" 9. At the same time, the Kanembu people drew closer to the new rulers and increased the growing population in Njimi. 10. Finally, after warring with Kanem since the 1370s, the Bulala people forced the Kanembu people under " mai"
