After this initial shock, he too had an emotional "homecoming" and chose a Kanuri name - Kaigama.

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However, he later discovered that this was the name of a Kanuri slave-trader who captured and sold his kinsmen.

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He spoke haltingly to Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri language of Nigeria's northeast, surrounded by still-frightened villagers.

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