Overview
Describe the religions of the people before the emergence of the Shehu; Discuss the life history of the Shehu; Discuss the origins of the Jihad; Examine the effects of the Jihad on the neighbouring peoples and how it inspired other Jihads in West Africa.
What you'll learn
- Hausa land on the eve of the Jihad: the religious social and political factor which led to the Jihad;
- Prelude to the Sokoto Jihad: the situation in Gobir under Sarkin Gobir Bawa and Yunfa.
- Usman dan Fodio: his back-ground, his rise as a Muslim Scholar and his work in Gobir.
- Dan Fodio’s hijra his election as Amiral Muminin and the outbreak of the Jihad.
- The organisation and course of the Jihad.
- Impact of the Jihad: the birth of the Sokoto Caliphate; the spread of Islam and Muslim culture outside Hausa land.
- The Jihad of dan Fodio as an inspiration for other Jihads in West (those of Seku Ahmadu and Alhaji Umar of the Tukulor Empire)