YoruByte: AN AFRICAN QUEEN OF SUBSTANCE
(Previously posted in 2013)
At age 6 when other girls were playing with dolls, her mother found her playing alone at the back of the house with a dagger! the surprise was that she held the dagger like the warriors hold it.
She conquered every town from Bauchi to Bida. She introduced metal
armours for war. every town she conquered, she built a wall around
it.She was the most powerful person in hausa land. The rulers of Katsina
and Kano paid obeisance to her.
She determined the fate of men but she never got married. Instead, she took a temporary husband from the legions of vanquished foes after every battle. After spending one night together, she would condemn him to death in the morning in order to prevent him from ever speaking about his sexual encounter with the queen.
She was "Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana" meaning "Amina, a woman as capable as a man".
She is Queen Amina of Zaria, in North Western Nigeria.
She is African. Hahu!!
- Till next week Friday
follow Olufemi Fadairo on twitter: @ffadairo
She determined the fate of men but she never got married. Instead, she took a temporary husband from the legions of vanquished foes after every battle. After spending one night together, she would condemn him to death in the morning in order to prevent him from ever speaking about his sexual encounter with the queen.
She was "Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana" meaning "Amina, a woman as capable as a man".
She is Queen Amina of Zaria, in North Western Nigeria.
She is African. Hahu!!
- Till next week Friday
follow Olufemi Fadairo on twitter: @ffadairo
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