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23 local governments · 4 stories
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Binji · 1
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4 stories
01
Lost history · Sokoto
"Nana Asma'u: The Caliph's Daughter Who Sent Women Teachers Across the North"
A poet in four languages who built a travelling school for women →
02
Lost history · Sokoto
Satiru 1906, the village that was never allowed to rise again
The Satiru uprising near Sokoto →
03
Lost history · Sokoto
Surame, the stone city that made Kanta of Kebbi a "Pharaoh"
Surame, Kanta's stone capital →
04
Legend · Sokoto
Hubbaren Shehu, the house where Dan Fodio lies in his wife's room
Hubbaren Shehu, Sokoto →