What you'll learn

• Contacts between Hausa land, Bornu and the Western Sudan, and the Introduction of Islam in Hausa land.
• The early spread of Islam in Kano, Katsina and Zazzau, the role of the Wangarawa, Fulani and other scholars in this process , the spread of Islam to other parts of Hausaland.
• Influence of Islam on the state-ideas of government (such as in Kano during Mohammed Runfa’s reign), rise of scholars around the courts (e.g. Al-Maghili and Abdulrahman Zagaiti in Kano etc).
• Influence of Islam on society facilitation of:
• a) Commerce
• b) Literacy.
• c) Education
• d) Religious practices.
• (Prayer and Mosques)
• e) Festivals
• f) Dress habits
• The nature and significance of conflicts between Islamic and local religious practices.