Islamic Movement and the establishment of Muslim States in West Africa

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.

Lesson details

Class: SS3
Subject: History
Theme: Africa And The Wider World Since 1800
Duration: 30:12

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)

Islamic Movement and the establishment of Muslim States in West Africa

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