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Katsina

34 local governments · 7 stories

7 stories

01 People · Katsina

Emir Dikko: The Emir Who Went to Mecca by Way of England

A Katsina emir's 1921 pilgrimage, and the London garden he never forgot →
02 Legend · Katsina

Gobarau Minaret: A Mud Tower That Was Once a University

Katsina's mud minaret and the builder who saved it →
03 Lost history · Katsina

Katsina College: The School That Kept Changing Its Name

Barewa College was born in mud buildings in Katsina →
04 Legend · Katsina

Kusugu Well: Where a Stranger Killed the Snake Called 'King'

Bayajidda, Queen Daurama and the well at Daura →
05 Lost history · Katsina

"Durbi Takusheyi: The Katsina Graves Full of Treasure from Far Away"

Burial mounds that show Katsina was trading with the wider world 700 years ago →
06 Custom · Katsina

Musawa, the town that gave its crocodiles names and its babies their mark

The lost crocodiles of Musawa →
07 Lost history · Katsina

Funtua, the cotton mill that refused to sack anyone

Funtua Textiles and its spinners →