Post by kiya on May 27, 2009 11:03:06 GMT -5
Sandman this is one interesting African Queens. :-)
Queen Amina (or Aminatu) of Zaria
16th Century
In the south, Zaire flourished for much of the sixteenth century and was the strongest state in Hausaland, making vassals, or subject-states, both in the east and west. This brief though brilliant rise to supremacy is said to have been the work of a remarkable queen call Barkwa Turunda and even more of her forceful daughter, Queen Amina, who is said to have reigned for 34 years, subduring Nupe and the Jukun. She is credited with popularizing the earthen city wall fortifications, which became characteristic of Hausa city-states since then. She ordered building of a defensive wall around each military camp that she established. Later, towns grew within these protective walls, many of which are still in existence.
Reference:
Western Africa Before the Colonial Era, A History to 1850 , by Basil Davidson, 1998, p. 75
wysinger.homestead.com/queenamina.html
Queen Amina (or Aminatu) of Zaria
16th Century
In the south, Zaire flourished for much of the sixteenth century and was the strongest state in Hausaland, making vassals, or subject-states, both in the east and west. This brief though brilliant rise to supremacy is said to have been the work of a remarkable queen call Barkwa Turunda and even more of her forceful daughter, Queen Amina, who is said to have reigned for 34 years, subduring Nupe and the Jukun. She is credited with popularizing the earthen city wall fortifications, which became characteristic of Hausa city-states since then. She ordered building of a defensive wall around each military camp that she established. Later, towns grew within these protective walls, many of which are still in existence.
Reference:
Western Africa Before the Colonial Era, A History to 1850 , by Basil Davidson, 1998, p. 75
wysinger.homestead.com/queenamina.html
