Arewa Untold
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Nana Asma’u bint Foduye
Nana Asma’u bint Foduye, the legendary Islamic scholar and poet of the 19th century was born alongside her twin brother Hassan; in Degel in the Hausa state of Gobir. She was given birth to by the Shehu’s first wife who was also his first cousin; Maimunatu, in the year 1793 A.D. She and her brother…
Islam in Hausaland Before The Sokoto Jihad
In this article, we are briefly going to look at how Islam found its way into Hausaland from other regions of Africa. These regions were exposed to Islam as far back as the 7th century during the first Hijrah when Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) advised some of his disciples to seek refuge across the Red Sea…
Meet The Curators
How We Met (This is going to be from my P.O.V because Ruqayyah insisted that I write it)I was just going through my TL on Twitter when I saw a tweet from someone whose handle I’d never seen before saying that she’d love to read a northerner’s account of the Nigerian Civil War. That got…
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