The 16th-century warrior queen of Zazzau, who led her armies on a series of conquests that extended the kingdom's reach across what is now northern Nigeria. Amina is credited with the construction of the defensive walls (ganuwar Amina) still seen around several northern towns, and tradition holds that she refused marriage so that no king could claim her authority. Her name has become synonymous with female sovereignty in Hausa memory.
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Mythology· Codex · General
Queen Amina
Hausa (Zazzau Sultanate, Nigeria) · West Africa

