Kade II Afunu

Kade II, called Kade Afunu and Kade Auja, was briefly mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the late 14th century, ruling approximately 1389–1390. Kade ruled during the "Era of Instability", a chaotic period of internal and external conflict in the empire.

Life

Kade was a son of mai Idris I Nikalemi. The name Afunu may mean that Kade's mother was of Hausa origin. Kade became mai in the late 14th century, succeeding his brother Muhammad II Manza.
The late 14th century was a time of acute political instability in Bornu, marked by internal conflict between members of the imperial family as well as external conflict, mainly with the Bilala in the east. Kanem, the empire's original heartland, had been lost to the Bilala a few years before Kade's reign, when the empire was ruled by Kade's brother Umar I Idrismi. Kade resumed the offensive against the Bilala but was defeated and killed in battle at a site recorded as Ghadhurú, after only a year on the throne. Kade was succeeded as mai by his brother Biri III Uthman.