The Sokoto Caliphate

The Sokoto Caliphate was established in 1805. It was the largest state in West Africa during the 19th Century that stayed for about one hundred years and bequeathed a number…

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The19th-Century Sokoto Jihad: Causes, Course and Impacts

Hunwick (1966) said that the Hausa land before the arrival of Islam was largely a pagan oriented society. There were about fourteen independent kingdoms of Hausa states before the arrival…

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Zikism: Azikiwe’s Political Philosophy

Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1966), usually referred to as “Zik”, was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the first President of Nigeria…

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