Princess Amina of Zazzau

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Photo by Asiri Magazine.


Princess Amina of Zazzau (now Zaria), a fierce warrior, was trained and schooled by her grandmother, Marka, the favourite wife of her grandfather, Sarkin Nohir. 

Amina never got married and she took men for herself in every state, but none of them ever lived to tell the tale of their sexual exploits. 

She killed them after having her way with them. At the peak of her power, Amina went to war for Zaria and forced emirates like Kastina and Kano to pay tributes to her state.

Although Amina's success as a ruler did not have a trickle down effect on her female successors, Amina enjoyed a lasting reputation, bordering on legend, as a woman warrior. Sultan Bello of Sokoto wrote:

Strange things have happened in the history of the seven Hausa States, and most strange of these is the extent of the possessions which God gave to Aminatu, daughter of the ruler of Zazzau. She waged war in the Hausa lands and took them all so that the men of Katsina and the men of Kano brought her tribute. She made war in Bauchi and against the other towns of the south and of the west, so that her possession stretched down to the shores of the sea [i.e. the Niger].[3]

Beyond her expansion of Zazzau territory, she created trade routes throughout Northern Africa.[5] Additionally, Amina has been credited with ordering the construction of a distinctive series of ancient Hausa fortifications, known as ‘Amina’s walls’,[8] and with introducing kola nut cultivation in the area.[



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