SOKOTO

sōkōˈtō, sōˈkətō, city (1987 est. pop. 164,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It is the commercial center for a wide region and a collection place for hides, skins, and peanuts. Rice and tobacco are grown for local consumption. The city has cement, pottery, and leather tanning and dyeing industries. Sokoto was founded in 1809 by Usuman dan Fodio, the Fulani leader who established a large Muslim empire including most of N Nigeria. It became the capital of the empire and was built up in the 1820s by Muhammadu Bello, dan Fodio's son. In 1903, Sokoto fell to British forces under Frederick Lugard. The assassination of the Sultan of Sokoto in 1966 was a cause of the Nigerian civil war (see Biafra, Republic of). The tomb of dan Fodio and other shrines in the city have made it a place of pilgrimage for Muslims.

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books on: Sokoto  - 399 results

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1.
My Life
Book by Ahmadu Bello; Cambridge University Press, 1962
Subjects: Nigeria--Politics And Government
...AHMADU BELLO K.B.E., M.H.A. SARDAUNA OF SOKOTO Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria...20 4 SOKOTO AND RABAH 35...b. The Sokoto river behind my fathers house...
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Credit, Currencies, and Culture: African Financial Institutions in Historical Perspective
Book by Endre Stiansen, Jane I. Guyer; Nordic Africa Institute, 1999
Subjects: Africa--Economic Conditions--To 1918, Credit--Africa--History, Financial Institutions--Africa--History, Money--Africa--History
...Webb, Jr. Slaves as Money in the Sokoto Caliphate 62 Jan Hogendorn...Institutions in states such as Dahomey, Sokoto, and in frontier zones, were more vulnerable...Consulate in Tripoli) for $500; and in Sokoto the following year his assistant Lander...
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Government in Kano, 1350-1950
Book by M. G. Smith; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Fula (African People)--Nigeria--Kano State--Politics And Government, Hausa (African People)--Nigeria--Kano State--Politics And Government, Islam--Nigeria--Kano State--History, Kano State (Nigeria)--Politics And Government
...remaining two studies, on Katsina and on Sokoto, though written as long ago as 1968...was the counter-state and, finally, in Sokoto where the model of administrative practice...anodyne. At a time when the Sardauna of Sokoto, as Premier of the new northern-regional...
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Government in Zazzau, 1800-1950
Book by M. G. Smith; Oxford University Press, 1960
Subjects: Hausa (African People), Zaria (Nigeria)--Politics And Government
...emirates of Kano, Katsina, Daura, and Sokoto as a member of the staff of the Nigerian...a. Relations with Sokoto 73 b...e. Relations with Sokoto 248 f...
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The Nigerian Federal Election of 1959: Politics and Administration in a Developing Political System
Book by K. W. J. Post; Oxford University Press, 1963
Subjects: Elections--Nigeria, Nigeria--Politics And Government
...422 XXIV Sokoto and Kano: occupations of candidates, 1959...Congress was led by men like the Sardauna of Sokoto and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who wished...himself the ancestor of the Sultan of Sokoto, and his cousin, the Sardauna. hundred...
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Power, Honour and Shame: The Ideology of Royal Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate
Journal article by Sean Stilwell; Africa, Vol. 70, 2000
Subjects: Civil war--Nigeria, Honor--Social aspects, Slaves--History, Sokoto, Nigeria--History
...THE IDEOLOGY OF ROYAL SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE. by Sean Stilwell...conjunctions between `slavery and `honour in the Sokoto Caliphate. Rather than assuming all slaves...communities in the Hausa emirates of the Sokoto Caliphate after the jihad (holy war) of...
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Making a Profit, Making a Living: Commercial Food Farming and Urban Hinterlands in North-West Nigeria
Journal article by K. Swindell, M. A. Iliya, A. B. Mamman; Africa, Vol. 69, 1999
Subjects: Agricultural industry--Nigeria, Farmers--Nigeria, Nigeria--Agriculture
...gather by the gates of the old city of Sokoto, hoping to be hired as farm labourers...farmers, or their agents who have come into Sokoto to recruit labourers. Once hired, the...as far as 100 km in the hinterland of Sokoto city. Commercial food farming around...
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The Search for Security in Muslim Northern Nigeria
Journal article by Murray Last; Africa, Vol. 78, 2008
Subjects: Dual citizenship--Demographic aspects, Dual nationality--Demographic aspects, Law and order--Religious aspects, Muslims--Political aspects, Muslims--Social aspects, Vigilantes--Religious aspects
...boundaries--just as it was in the pre-colonial Sokoto Caliphate. This has led first to the re-establishment...fermees", comme au temps du califat de Sokoto precolonial. Ceci sest dabord traduit...include historical and other material from Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina as there is here...
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Elite Slaves in Ilorin in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries*
Journal article by Ann O'Hear; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Armed forces, Slavery, Social classes
...formerly a southern frontier emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate that is now part of Nigeria...those of Kano, a central emirate in the Sokoto Caliphate.2 However, the Ilorin slaves...emirate on the southern frontier of the Sokoto Caliphate. Two sons of Mallam Alimi...
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Spatial Distribution of Cattle Herds as a Response to Natural and Social Environments: A Case Study from the Zamfara Reserve, Northwest Nigeria
Journal article by Irene Hoffmann; Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 6, 2002
Subjects: Cattle--Environmental aspects, Fula (African people)--Environmental aspects, Hausa (African people)--Environmental aspects, Hausas--Environmental aspects, Herders--Environmental aspects, Zamfara, Nigeria--Environmental aspects
...with the Republic of Niger to the north, Sokoto State to the west and Katsina State to...Preliminary Report on the Proposed Extension to Sokoto Native Administration Reserve No. 9--Zamfara...Fulani), the Rahaji (Red Bororo), and the Sokoto Gudali. Rahaji is a dual-purpose breed...
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African Artistry
Magazine article by Ola Sheyin; New African, April 2007
Subjects: Aliyu, Jelani, Electric vehicles--Environmental aspects, Electric vehicles--Forecasts and trends, General Motors Corp.--Officials and employees, Transportation equipment industry--Officials and employees
...courtyard at home, while growing up in Sokoto, Nigeria, I would make models and sketches...pursue a career outside of Nigeria, but the Sokoto state government had just suspended giving...January. Having lived almost all my life in Sokoto, on the fringes of the Sahara desert...
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The Case for the Opposition: The Fallouts from Last Year's Elections in Nigeria Still Rumble on, Keeping Busy Both the Election Tribunals and Candidates in Disputed Governorship Polls. Lindsay Barrett Has Been Following Three Such Cases and Their Impact on Democracy Itself in the Country
Magazine article by Lindsay Barrett; New African, June 2008
Subjects: Contested elections--Investigations, Contested elections--Laws, regulations and rules, Gubernatorial candidates--Ethical aspects, Gubernatorial candidates--Political activity, Nigeria--Elections
...candidate, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare. In Sokoto State in the north, the PDPs Aliyu Wammako...victory of the opposition in Bayelsa and Sokoto states. In all three cases, INEC was alleged...in Edo State and the two in Bayelsa and Sokoto states is that in Edo State the challengers...
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Nigeria: Not Yet at Ease
Magazine article by Lindsay Barrett; New African, May 2008
Subjects: Economic conditions--Political aspects, Economic conditions--Social aspects, Political leadership--Evaluation, Presidents (Government)--Health aspects, Presidents (Government)--Powers and duties, Presidents--Health aspects, Presidents--Powers and duties, Yar'Adua, Umaru Musa--Health aspects, Yar'Adua, Umaru Musa--Powers and duties
...YarAduas ruling PDP, Abdullahi Wammako in Sokoto State and Chief Timipre Sylva in Bayelsa...the Election Tribunals. In the case of Sokoto and Bayelsa states, the conventional wisdom...machinery. It seems unlikely they can do so. Sokoto and Bayelsa states are two of the most...
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Corrupt Soldiers Face Court Martial
Magazine article by Pini Jason; African Business, April 1994
Subjects: Military personnel--Ethical aspects, Nigeria--Cases, Soldiers--Cases
...Acting Administrators in Borno, Kano, Osun, Sokoto, Akwa Ibom and Yobe states. One of the...N77m in salaries owed but not paid. In Sokoto state, Linus A. Olorogun was accused of...headquarters of 1 Mechanised Brigade, Sokoto, for renovation work and repair of vehicles...
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Did You Know .
Magazine article; American Visions, Vol. 14, October 1999
Subjects: Davis, Ossie--Performances, Film festivals--Missouri, Goldberg, Whoopi--Performances
...to art history? The terra-cotta head with torso, discovered in the Sokoto region of Nigeria, dates back to somewhere between 500 B.C. and A.D. 200. "Recent discoveries from Sokoto are opening a new chapter in African art history that demonstrates...
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Review: KING COTTON Empire Theatre
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 26, 2007
Subjects: Theater
...ex-Everyman) and the plantation slave Sokoto (Israel Oyelumade) unaware of each others...starting the American Civil War by one of Sokotos fellow slaves, raised to angel status...Particularly noteworthy was Wendy Mae Brown as Sokotos wife Jessie. In terms of adaptation and...
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Time Off: If You Do One Thing This Week ..
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 25, 2007
...in the musical which runs until Saturday at the Liverpool Empire theatre. Tom is an impoverished North West mill worker and Sokoto is a black slave from an American cotton plantation: both are searching for their freedom. Call 0870 6077575. EXPERIENCE the...
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BOOK IT NOW King Cotton by Jimmy McGovern; GO... to the Theatre
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 29, 2007
Subjects: Theater, Theater--Theater reviews
...famine with the American Civil War. Its the story of an impoverished mill-worker called Tom from the north west England, and Sokoto, a black slave from an American cotton plantation. Searching for their own freedom, theyre brought together with devastating...
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McGovern's a Brass Act; New Musical from the Pen of Cracker Writer
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), June 28, 2007
Subjects: Musical theater
...winning TV and film writer said it had taken five years for the ambitious work to get to the stage. King Cotton tells the story of Sokoto, a black slave working on an American cotton plantation, and Tom, an impoverished mill worker in the north west. It is set at...
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Muslim Africa, American Worship
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 30, 2005
Subjects: Muslims
...roots of the Islamic empire in west Africa, which embraces 10 million people, Mr. Taylers visits to legendary spots such as Sokoto in Nigeria and Timbuktu in Mali reveals them as little more than towns of mud huts and miserable mosques. The Muslims he meets...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sokoto  - 12 results

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Sokoto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOKOTO soko to, so k to, city (1987 est. pop. 164,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It is the commercial center for a wide region and...cement, pottery, and leather tanning and dyeing industries. Sokoto was founded in 1809 by Usuman dan Fodio, the Fulani...
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Sokoto Caliphate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOKOTO CALIPHATE see Usuman dan Fodio . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Gusau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GUSAU goozou , town (1991 est. pop. 139,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. It is a regional trade center for peanuts, cotton, and tobacco. Industry has expanded with the development of textile and...
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Fulani
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...controlled Timbuktu; the other, centered at Sokoto , included the Hausa States and parts of Bornu and W Cameroon. The Fulani emir of Sokoto continued to rule over part of N Nigeria...A. S. Johnston, The Fulani Empire of Sokoto (1967). ____________________ Copyright...
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Clapperton, Hugh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Hausa states and collected much information about Kano and Sokoto. Clappertons second expedition sought to discover the mouth...Niger River. Before he could accomplish this task he died near Sokoto on Apr. 13, 1827. His servant, R. L. Lander, returned to England...
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