'''Kanem''' was a west [[Africa]]n [[kingdom]] situated to the north-east of [[Lake]] [[Chad]] under the [[Sefuwa Dynasty]] which existed from the 10c to the 19c. The strength of Kanem relied upon its position between the [[forest]] and the [[desert]] and the ability to [[trade]] [[salt]] and [[copper]] from the north with [[palm]] nuts and [[cotton]]s from the south. In the 15c Kanem ceded most of its power to [[Bornu]].