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14/04/2024

The Tuareg people

They are a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.

09/04/2024

INNALILLAHI WAINNA ILAIHIR RAJI’UN

May Allah forgive her shortcomings and grant her Aljannatul Firdausi.Aameen

29/10/2023

Alhaji Dr. AbdulRahman Ado Ibrahim (born February 7, 1929) is the fourth traditional ruler, Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. He is a son of the second attah (now "ohinoyi") of Ebiraland, Ibrahim Onoruoiza, of the Omadivi clan, who reigned 1917–1954.

Dr Ado Ibrahim was born on February 7, 1929. He attended both western nursery and Quranic schools, and went on to conclude his primary education in 1940 at the Native Authority (NA) primary school in Okene, Northern Region (now Kogi State). He, began his secondary school education at Ondo Boys High School and later on moved to Oduduwa College, where he graduated in 1949. In 1954, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1959.

Following the death of Ohinoyi Sanni Omolori of the Oziada clan in 1997, the Lagos-based entrepreneur and son of the second paramount ruler of Ebiraland, AbdulRahman Ado Ibrahim, ascended the Okene throne as the second ohinoyi or fourth independent traditional ruler of Ebiraland on June 2, 1997.

Dr. Ado Ibrahim constructed the Azad Palace, named after one of his sons, said to be among the most beautiful in West Africa.

Alhaji Dr. Ado Ibrahim (1927-2023)

May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannatul Firdausi.Ameen

26/08/2023

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Hausa

26/08/2023

HAUSA IS NOT A CHADIC LANGUAGE
By Ndagi Abdullahi Amana Nupe

Conventional scholarship's claim that Hausa is a Chadic language of the Afro-Asiatic group has become ‘scientifically‘ sacrosanct because it was brought to fruition in the 1950s by the unassailable Professor Joseph H. Greenberg.

None of the inferiority complexed ‘copy copy’ professors who litter Nigerian universities today have the guts to question Professor Greenberg for fear of peer-review ostracism.

But professors in Europe and North America have for long been picking holes in Professor Greenberg's rather mischievous claim of Hausa being a Chadic language.

In 1970 Professor Carl Hoffman wrote that it is wrong to unquestionably accept Hausa as a Chadic language.¹

In 1978 Professor Herrmann Jungraithmayr said that it is impossible to scientifically prove that Hausa is a Chadic language because Hausa is completely different from the Chadic languages.²

In 2011 Professor Roger Blench noted that studies have been conducted proving that Hausa is neither a Chadic language nor does it belong to the overall Afro-Asiatic group.³

Professor Roger Blench then went on to observe that common Chadic roots don’t exist in the Hausa language. He concluded that lexically Hausa is not a Chadic language.⁴

Professor Carl Hoffman have earlier on, in 1970, observed that instead of Chadic roots, the Hausa language is actually replete with Benue-Congo words.⁵ This will mean that Hausa originated in Nigeria and is not Afro-Asiatic.

The question is why did Professor J.H. Greenberg then went ahead to classify Hausa as a Chadic language? The answer is that Colonial scholars were under pressure to portray Hausa as an Afro-Asiatic Hamitic people in order to justify the Colonial Indirect Rule of the British Government of Nigeria.

Professor Roger Blench said that Colonial linguists like J.H. Greenberg were influenced by the Bayajida legend of the Colonial historians who wrongly claimed that the Hausa are an Afro-Asiatic people who originated from the Middle East.⁶

Professor Dierk Lange wrote that the claim that Bayajida is Abu Yazid from the Middle East is a spurious invention of Colonial historians.⁷

The Bayajida legend have been conclusively disproven by all the scholars who studied it in detail, including Professor Abdullahi Smith,⁸ S.J. Trimingham,⁹ W.K.R. Hallam,¹⁰ J.E.G. Sutton,¹¹ Professor Dierk Lange,¹² etc.

Professor J.D. Fage wrote that the Bayajida legend is apocryphal.¹³

The Bayajida legend have been proven to be apocryphal by scientific studies not the least of which are linguistic studies aimed at tracing the origin of the Hausa language.

The renowned linguist Professor Russell Schuh have stated that linguistic studies scientifically shows that the Hausa language originated from Northwestern Nigeria and not from the East. He specifically traced the origin of the Hausa language to the Dogon Dutse area not far from Sokoto State but in today's Niger Republic.¹⁴

References:
1 - Hoffman, Carl 1970. Ancient Benue-Congo loans in Chadic? Africana Marburgensia, III, 2:3-23.

2 - Jungraithmayr, H. (1978). Is Hausa an early or late stage Chadic language?, Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1-2 May, 1978. Frajzyngier (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing, p. 265.

3 - Blench, R. (2011). Benue-Congo (and some Nilo-Saharan) Etymologies for Hausa Words. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, p. 2.

4 – Ibid

5 - Hoffman, Carl 1970. Ancient Benue-Congo loans in Chadic? Africana Marburgensia, III, 2:3-23.

6 – Roger Blench, opp. Cit.

7 - Lange, D. (2004). Hausa history in the context of the Ancient Near Eastern world, Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa: Africa-Centred and Canaanite-Israelite Perspectives (A Collection of Published and Unpublished Studies in English and French), J. Röll, Dettelbach 2004, p. 218.

8 - Smith, A. (1970). Some Considerations relating to the Formation of States in Hausaland, J. Hist. Soc. Nigeria, v (1970), pp. 329-46.

9 - Trimingham, S.J. 1962, History of Islam in West Africa (London).

10 - Hallam, W.K.R. (1966). The Bayajida Legend in Hausa Folklore, The Journal of African History, Vol. 7, No. 1 p. 4-60.

11 - Sutton, J. (1979). Towards a Less Orthodox History of Hausaland. The Journal of African History, 20(2), pp. 182-3.

12 - Lange, D. (2004). Hausa history in the context of the Ancient Near Eastern world, Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa: Africa-Centred and Canaanite-Israelite Perspectives (A Collection of Published and Unpublished Studies in English and French), J. Röll, Dettelbach 2004, p. 218

13 - Fage, J.D. (1988). History of Africa, 2nd ed. London: Unwin Hyman, pp. 61-63.

14 - Professor Russell Schuh quoted by Dr. Constanze Weise in Weise, C. (1965). Governance and Ritual Sovereignty at the Niger-Benue Confluence: A Political and Cultural History of Nigeria’s Igala, Northern Yoruba and Nupoid-Speaking Peoples to 1900 CE, A dissertation submitted for Doctor of Philosophy in History, U University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 2013, p. 170.

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26/08/2023

Hausa Language is the second most populous language in Africa after Swahili.
Happy World Hausa Day(Ranar Hausa)

26/08/2023

Hausa Language is the first populous language in West Africa

Happy World Hausa Day (Ranar Hausa)

18/08/2023

BIOGRAPHY OF ALHAJI HARUNA UJI

Alhaji Haruna Uji was born in Gandun sarki neighborhood in Hadejia town, in the year (1946). His father's name is Mallam Ibrahim. His mother's name, Zainabu. Here he got up and was smart. When he was about six years old, his father sent him to the Allo school at the door of their house, under a teacher called Mallam.

Alhaji Haruna Uji spent about three years in this school in Gandun Sarki, then they left with his teacher to the town of Birniwa which is east of Hadejia, 45 kilometers away. They spent about two years studying with other students, here Uji got good reading. After that, they left Birniwa and returned to Hadejia and continued their studies at Gandun Sarki. This is why he got better education than other children, especially those who stayed at home and did not go anywhere to seek knowledge. At this time, Mallam Alhaji used to make Uji take care of the children and teach them to read. Haruna Uji left Allo school at the age of twelve, after receiving a good education.

THE ORIGIN OF HARUNA UJI..

His name is Haruna, he took the name of his father, Mallam Haruna. whose name is Uji has a wife named IYA KURA. When Uji was young, the wives of his father's younger brother used to play with him and called him Mijin Iya Kura, Mijin Iya Kura'. Hyena. Instead of the husband can dust. This is the origin of where Haruna Uji found Inkiya Uji. Since the name is associated with Iya Kura, it is no longer called Uji.

CHARACTER OF HARUN UJI

Haruna Uji is black, of medium height, has a medium body, white teeth and black hair, he often grows a mustache, he speaks (eyes) and he has a soft voice. , and is a Master of Ado, and great royal clothes. And he wears a little trash, especially when it's hot. Thursday Haruna Uji is a cheerful and gifted person, because his hand did not close his eyes. He has a sense of humor and is clearly not handicapped.

PROFESSIONS OF HARUNA UJI.. HUNTING AND FARMING

After Haruna Uji left Allo school, he went to Daji with the intention of hunting. It was his first job, the one he started, and she made him brave enough to be fearless. And this is where he got a question that is the lack of self-control.

After hunting, Haruna Uji is a farmer, he started farming with his father's help, in order to earn a living. HIS PROFESSION Thu. Haruna Uji has a career as a car driver, who started as a car boy in his landlord's village called Jibrin Dan Amingo. Jibrin Dan Amingo is a native of Danbatta in Kano State. Haruna Uji has been working as a car boy for many years. Driving a car was his first job that took him out to a city with the intention of living. They work between Kano and Hadejia. And at this time they were living in the town of Kano in Tudun wada. But everything that grew up at home was brought to him, especially farming and festivals and so on.

SANAAR WAKA did not inherit music, because his father was a teacher, and even in his song Gurmi, not Haramun, he says:- "I am Haruna, the son of Mallam, I do not inherit music." as a hobby, because no one taught him to sing as a profession. Haruna Uji first saw Gurmi in the village of a street worker who worked on the Mallam Madori road to Gumel, who was called Dan-mato, in Dan-mato Uji first saw Gurmi and his music, Dan-mato playing It was a rush when they got a break from work.

He was waving and singing, when Uji was young, every time they went to watch work, they would stop and see the music of Gurmi Dan-mato, this Gurmi music entered the soul of Haruna Uji, when he came home, he would ask for cans and tsirkiya to mix Gurmi and sing. Until Dan-mato put together the road work, he did not teach Uji Gurmi, but Uji would come and see how he was waving. This dish Uji has been imitating Dan-mato since he was not able to learn it. This is why when he is singing, the children stop and listen and look at him. This is the origin of Haruna Uji's teaching. Then he started to think of getting a stick, swing, Duma leather, Damo skin and a ring in order to make a big Gurmi. The first time Gurmi started, when he was given something, he did not accept it, because of the situation because of entertainment. And many times when he comes out for an interview or there is a party for boys and girls, he sings his song, boys and girls are watching. At that time he was in Gurmi and he was working on a car, this is why he started Gurmi in different towns in Northern Nigeria. Then Uji left driving and went back to Gurmi's music and asked for assistants to them both.

17/08/2023

One of the emperor of Mali Empire

17/08/2023

BIOGRAPHY OF ALH HASSAN WAYAM

Alh Hassan Wayam was born in a town called Gwadda, which is also called Bakin Ruba, in the land of Maradun in Zamfara State, in 1956.

His father, Mal. Muhammad is a babarbare. His mother, Halima, is a Palestinian. The father's profession is carving, but sometimes he plays kotso music for the Fulani.

When he was a small boy, his father moved to a town called Kunci da Zama, east of the city of Gusau. When Hassan was a little older, he returned to Mayanci, near Gusau, and became a mechanic boy. Well, Mayanci was a barrack at that time, for prostitutes, gamblers and other people of the world. Here his interest in music deepened, especially kukuma music. But he didn't start learning until he returned home to Kunci.

There he started sewing kukuma with his own hands. Whenever he had time, he used to brush his hair with his hand, but secretly. When he became wiser, he returned to Mayanci again, Well soldiers often pass through Mayanci, and they often camp there or even spend the night. In this way, he met with soldier named Ali Barau, who demanded that the woman give him Hassan and take him to Zaria. She said, "So here it is trust."

Ali Barau took Wayam to Zaria in 1969, he stayed at his house in Kanawa area. Every evening he took him to the army barracks and played games for the soldiers.

This is an excerpt from an interview I had one of my agents, Usman Modibbo, do with Hassan Wayam in 1992, when I was the editor of Rana magazine of Hotline, Kaduna. The interview was published in the magazine dated October 19, 1992, pages 17 and 18. Modibbo was the Commissioner of Education in Kaduna State, and is now a professor.

Hassan Wayam died on Saturday, October 24, 2020.

15/08/2023

Girls from Katsina Emirate, Northern Nigeria 1961

11/08/2023

Legendary Dan Maraya Jos ❤️

Dan Maraya Jos (born Adamu Wayya, 20 December 1946 – 20 June 2015) was a renowned traditional Hausa musician from Jos, Nigeria. He was known for his unique style of music that combined Hausa folk music with contemporary themes and instruments.

Dan Maraya Jos was born in Sabon Gari, a predominantly Hausa community in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. He grew up in a musical family and began performing at a young age. He was inspired by his grandfather who was a traditional Hausa musician and learned to play various musical instruments including the kora, lute, and talking drum.

In the 1960s, Dan Maraya Jos became famous for his unique style of music that incorporated modern themes and instruments into traditional Hausa music. He was one of the first Hausa musicians to use the guitar in his music and his lyrics often addressed contemporary issues such as politics, social justice, education, Entrepreneurship and morality.

Dan Maraya Jos became popular throughout Nigeria and West Africa, and his music was widely played on radio stations and at public events. He released many hit songs throughout his career, including Ganga Bashi, "Teacher uban karatu,"🎵 "Mai akwai da babu," "Dan adam mai wuyan gane hali" and "lebura" and many more.

Dan Maraya Jos was also known for his unique fashion sense, often wearing brightly colored traditional Hausa clothing and a distinctive red cap. He was a symbol of Hausa culture and tradition and was respected by many for his contributions to the preservation of Hausa music.

Dan Maraya Jos passed away on 20 June 2015 in Jos, Nigeria, at the age of 68. His music and legacy continue to inspire and influence many musicians in Nigeria and beyond, and he is remembered as one of the greatest traditional Hausa musicians of all time.

04/08/2023

Shehu Umar Sanda Kyarimi, along with his companions, resided in his palace. He served as the shehu of Dikwan from 1917 to 1937 and the Shehu of Borno from 1938 to 1967.

02/08/2023

Nigeria First Prime Minister,Late Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, alongside The Late Queen of England,Late Elizabeth ll in London

02/08/2023

The picture below is of a teacher among the Hausa people teaching adults in Kano Emir's Palace in the year 1961.

30/07/2023

Nigeria First Prime Minister,Late Sir. Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, alongside his children, Mukhtar and Sadiq, in 1962

May his soul continue to rest in peace.Ameen

27/07/2023

Late Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gunmi when he was delivering a lecture in Saudi Arabia in 1976

May his soul continue to rest in peace

27/07/2023

Shehu of Borno Abubakar Garbai in the year 1911

26/07/2023

Alhaji Aminu Dantata History

Alhaji Aminu Dantata was one of the eighteen surviving offsprings of Alhassan Dantata when I was growing up in the 1960s. Most of them lived on the same street founded by their father, around 1910, when he relocated to Kano from the Gold Coast, following the emerging groundnut trade in Nigeria. The kilometre long Sarari Street was lined with warehouses on both sides of the road, with few residential houses sandwiched in between.

The first house belonged to Alhassan. The houses of his children followed, including that of my late father – Ahmadu Dantata; my uncle and adoptive father – Aminu Dantata, who adopted me after the death of my father in 1960; as well as Sanusi Dantata, the maternal grandfather of Aliko Dangote, who adopted Aliko after the death of his father in 1965.

The warehouses on Sarari Street and adjoining alleys of Sarari District were demolished over the years to pave way for more houses as the Dantata family grew. My house today stands on land where a warehouse stood when I was a child. The warehouse was demolished in 1988 to make way for my house, in line with family tradition.

Nigeria was the world’s biggest exporter of groundnuts. Kano was the epicentre of Nigeria’s groundnut trade, and the Groundnut Pyramids the trademark of the phenomenal trade. At its peak in the 1930s, groundnut was Nigeria’s leading export. The image of Groundnut Pyramid – on the Nigerian currency, postage stamps and post cards – doubled as the iconic symbol of Nigeria’s agricultural wealth, when Nigeria was a net exporter of agricultural products.

The big three – cocoa, palm produce and groundnuts, accounted for over 70 percent of Nigeria’s exports. The Kano-Lagos rail, opened in 1912, was the first transnational rail in Nigeria, purposely built to carry exports of the north to Lagos. Construction of the Apapa Port, began earlier than the Kano rail, was the first infrastructural project of the colonial administration in Nigeria, conceived as terminus for the Kano to Lagos rail. Nigeria was a tale of two cities, with Lagos as hub for goods from southern Nigeria ferried to Apapa Port by lorries, and Kano as hub of northern Nigeria, receiving goods by lorries from across the north for trans-shipment by rail to Lagos. This arrangement lasted for ten years before the rail was extended to Port Harcourt, Enugu, Jos and other newly built stations across the country.

Nigeria was the world’s biggest exporter of groundnuts. Kano was the epicentre of Nigeria’s groundnut trade, and the Groundnut Pyramids the trademark of the phenomenal trade. At its peak in the 1930s, groundnut was Nigeria’s leading export. The image of Groundnut Pyramid – on the Nigerian currency, postage stamps and post cards – doubled as the iconic symbol of Nigeria’s agricultural wealth, when Nigeria was a net exporter of agricultural products.

The big three – cocoa, palm produce and groundnuts, accounted for over 70 percent of Nigeria’s exports. The Kano-Lagos rail, opened in 1912, was the first transnational rail in Nigeria, purposely built to carry exports of the north to Lagos. Construction of the Apapa Port, began earlier than the Kano rail, was the first infrastructural project of the colonial administration in Nigeria, conceived as terminus for the Kano to Lagos rail. Nigeria was a tale of two cities, with Lagos as hub for goods from southern Nigeria ferried to Apapa Port by lorries, and Kano as hub of northern Nigeria, receiving goods by lorries from across the north for trans-shipment by rail to Lagos. This arrangement lasted for ten years before the rail was extended to Port Harcourt, Enugu, Jos and other newly built stations across the country.

26/07/2023

Rabiu Kwankwaso

Mohammed Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE FNIQS (born 21 October 1956) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kano state from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015.After he lost his re-election in 2003, he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background from 2003 to 2007, under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015, serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kano Central Senatorial District.

He is currently the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. Kwankwaso enjoys widespread support in Kano and north-western Nigeria; he has been viewed as a charismatic populist.In 2011, he was re-elected governor of the state and went on to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. In 2015, Kwankwaso unsuccessfully contested the presidential primaries nomination under the opposition All Progressives Congress, but lost to Muhammadu Buhari. In 2018, he returned to Peoples Democratic Party and contested the presidential primaries, losing to Atiku Abubakar. In 2023, Kwankwaso unsuccessfully ran for President of Nigeria under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, receiving 6.23% of the vote.

26/07/2023

How many states have you visited in Northern Nigeria?

25/07/2023

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24/07/2023

The Chief Imam of Zazzau-Suleja Central Mosque,Mallam Dahiru died on Saturday shortly after returning back from Mecca where he went to perform a pilgrimage.May Aljannatu Firdausi be his Final abode.Aameen

22/07/2023

BAYAJIDDA, THE FOUNDER OF HAUSA STATES

Bayajidda is arguably the most unique story of the Hausa people, despite it being considered a legend by most historians.

It takes a lot of weight knowing that this single individual has shaped the way the Hausa people view themselves as well as their common origin, myth or legend, the story of Bayajidda is indeed one that should be known.

Early Life:

Born Abuyazid (popularly called Abuyazidu) to the king of Baghdad Abdullah. However, not much is known about the origin of Bayajidda – being the dominant name of Abuyazid (translatable as ‘the father of Yazid).

It is said that when Queen Zidam conquered Baghdad, Bayajidda fled Iraq with forty servants to enter Nigeria through Lake Chad by the town of Ngala and arrive in Gazargamu which is present-day Borno state.

Occupation:

In the legend of Bayajidda, his occupation wasn’t the major crux of the story, but it can be understood that he enjoyed horse riding as well as hunting; as those were the tradition of most royals in that period.

Although his major occupation came much later in his life as he took the mantle of rulership in the city of Daurama, currently Daura of Katsina state.

When did Bayajidda Arrive Nigeria?

There are two stories as to what Bayajidda did when he arrived in Nigeria. In one story, when Bayajidda first came to Gazargamu (Borno state), having come from royalty with the technical know-how on warfare and people affairs, Bayajidda decided to dethrone as well as do away with the incumbent king he found at Gazargamu, seeing he had a superior force as compared to that of the king.

The news of this dethronement came to the king and he immediately consulted with his high chiefs and advisors and came to the conclusion
that he should give Bayajidda his daughter, Magaram (also known as Magira) in marriage.
Auwal Ibrahim Dambo following

This in effect worked as Bayajidda didn’t go ahead with displacing the king. In later years, when the king made new conquests of new cities, he convinced Bayajidda to give up his men to put up guard in these new cities and this drastically reduced the men that Bayajiida had.

When Bayajidda had realized that he was being tricked by the king, it was already too late for him to react with force as he only had a slave with him, together with his wife. He then fled the city of Gazargamu at night with his wife and a servant heading westward to Garun Gabas of present-day Hadeja region in Jigawa state (east of Biram).

How Bayajidda Founded the Hausa States:

Later, with the queen of Daura, Bayajidda had a son called Bawo, which meant ‘Give it back’, which was in response to Bagwariya – Bayajidda’s concubine -who also had a son fathered by him which she named him Karaf da Gari, or Karbagari which means ‘snatch the town’ in Hausa, this worried Daurama.

In a version of the legend, Bawo is said to have succeeded his father and had six sons who became the rulers of Daura, Katsina, Zazzau, Gobir, Kano and Rano. These, together with his half-brother Biram, formed the ‘Hausa Bakwai’. In other versions of the legend, they leave Bawo and Magaram out entirely, with Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria all being the sons of Bayajidda and Daurama.

However, Karbagari the son of the Gwari mistress also had seven sons, who were said to have ruled Kebbi, Zamfara, Gwari, Jukun, Ilorin, Nupe and Yauri which are referred to as ‘Banza Bakwai’ or ‘Illegitimate seven’. The historical Hausa kingdom began as these seven states were for founded by the Bayajidda legend and the six sons of Bawo and himself.

Legacy:

It can be argued that one of the foremost legacies of Bayajidda is the memory left at the Kusugu well, which nowadays is a tourist attraction site.

Another major legacy of Bayajidda would be the forming of the Hausa states by him and his progeny.

When Did Bayajidda Die?

Not much if at all any has been reported on the death of Bayajidda, but from studies, it can be understood that he lived quite a long life.

Controversy Regarding Bayajidda’s Life:

The major controversy in the Bayajidda Legend is to date the argument of historians as to the plausibility of the occurrence of such a figure, a major chunk of historians believe that he is just a mythical figure created to appease the Hausa folk, alongside the many inconsistencies in the folktale.

All that is said about him has been through the word of mouth, with the only record and most authentic source on Hausa history which was done by the then Prince of Daura, Alhassan AbdurRahman as requested by his father, the then Emir of Daura AbdurRahman Dan Musa.

21/07/2023

THIS IS ZARIA
ZARIA WITH PRIDE

A student asked his teacher what is Zaria?

The teacher answered...

Zaria is an ancient city in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria. It is also one of the legendary 7 Hausa States.

Zaria is the centre of learning
Zaria is the centre of education
Zaria is the home to every Nigerian
Zaria is a garrison City

Zaria is the home of Queen Amina, the most powerful woman in the history of black Africa!

Zaria is the home to Ahmadu Bello University the largest and the best University in West Africa, South of the Sahara.

Zaria is the home to Barewa college the school that produced 5 presidents, 12 governors, Tens of ministers etc.

Zaria is the home to Alhuhuda College,
the oldest secondary school in Northern Nigeria.

Zaria Is where Kanawa come to get knowledge both western and islamic.

Zaria is where the oldest church in Northern Nigeria is located.

Zaria (Nigerian Army Depot) is where Nigerian Army started.

The first Medical Doctor in the North (Dr Russel Barau Dikko) and the first Pharmacist (Malam Adamu Dikko Bakin Bature) are from Zaria.

Zaria is where each and every Bakano wants to live, to study or pass through before they reach Abuja.

Zaria is part and parcel of Zazzau. Zaria is the main headquarters of Zazzau.

Zaria is where the famous Shagalinku Restaurant started.

The first Newspaper in Northern Nigeria (Gaskiya Tafi Kwabo) originated from Zaria before it was moved to Kaduna.

Zaria is the home to the only Standard College of Aviation in West Africa.

Zaria is home to the only Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) in West Africa.

Zaria although not a State Capital, is the 10th most populous city in Nigeria.

The famous Woman Activist Hajiya Gambo Sawaba is from Zaria.

Th present day Suleja (formerly known as Abuja) was established by a ruler of Zazzau (Sarki Makau) who migrated during the Danfodio Jihad in 1804.

Zaria is the mirror of the North and image to Nigeria, you can't be a scholar both Islamic or West

18/07/2023

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18/07/2023

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18/07/2023

BAYAJIDA THE ABAWA JIDA NUPE RULER
By Ndagi Abdullahi Amana Nupe

The legend is that Bayajida was the founder of the Hausa Bakwai and Banza Bakwai peoples.¹

But the Bayajida legend is so riddled with historical fallacies that rendered it academically untenable.²

Even the very name Bayajida is a historical fallacy because it is not Hausa.³

Professor Dierk Lange’s work shows that, as retained in the Gobir and Katsina traditions,⁴ Bayajida is a Hausa corruption of the earlier Azna eponymous name Abawa Jida.⁵

Both Sultan Bello⁶ and the Kano Chronicle⁷ pronounced the name as Bawa or Bawo, a form of Abawa or Abawa Jida.

But Sir H.R. Palmer, Hamitic hypothesis-wise, tenuously derived Bayajida from the Yemeni Arabic Abu Yazid.⁸

Post-Independence scholarship have, however, conclusively refuted the Hamitic hypothesis and the self-deprecating attempts by various Nigerian people at tracing their origins to the Middle East.⁹

The original Azna traditions maintained that Abawa Jida was not a foreigner.¹⁰

Abawa Jida was the emperor of the superpower kingdom of Abawa located on the River Niger in Nupeland. To this very day Abawa is a national name of the Nupe people.¹¹

And, Ambassador Solomon Yisa wrote that Jida was a generic title for Nupe rulers or governors.¹²

Since Abawa means Nupe and Jida meant ruler, Abawa Jida directly meant ‘Nupe ruler’ – wrongly pronounced today as Bayajida.

While Professor Toyin Falola and Ann Genova observed that Kisra and Bayajida are one and the same person,¹³ Reverend Ojo Bada had long ago stated that Kisra was a ‘Nupe king’.¹⁴

Also, Professor Leo Frobenius’ ‘Kisra Committee’ identified Kisra, under Etsu Nupeta, as the War General ruler who used Nupeland as his launchpad to become the founder of the Hausa city states.¹⁵

It is the story of the Nupe king Abawa Jida that was retold by Hausa folklorists as the history of Bayajida.

References:
1 - W. Hallam, “The Bayajidda legend in Hausa folklore,” Journal of African History 7 (1966), 47-60.

2 - John D. Fage, History of Africa, 2nd ed. (London: Unwin Hyman, 1988), 61-63.

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