Okiojo's Chronicles Vol.4: Queen Amina (Part II)

This queen of Zazzau, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (King) Zaria Nohir

Zaria was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west.

Zaria’s wealth was due to trade of leather, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals.