Dunama VII (Dunama bin ÿAlë), called Dunama Martemarambi and (erroneously) Dunama Umarmi, was mai (ruler) of the KanemâÂÂBornu Empire in the late 17th and/or early 18th century, ruling approximately 1699âÂÂ1717.
Dunama was a son of mai Ali III Walamma and succeeded his brother Idris V as mai in the late 17th or early 18th century. The major event of Dunama's reign recorded in later royal chronicles was a long seven-year famine.
Dunama ruled for over a decade, between 15 and 19 years. He died at Ngazargamu or Dikwa and was succeeded as mai by his son Hamdan Dunamami.