Excerpt: The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule by Max Siollun

Excerpt: The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule by Max Siollun

Most accounts of northern Nigeria’s history focus on the Sokoto Caliphate. Since most of what we now know about the jihad was written by its leaders, the victors’ narrative became the official history of northern Nigeria. One of the few exceptions to this singular narrative came from one of its neighbours. In fact, Hausaland modelled […]