APCLyingBastard:
[size=18pt] The end of slaving and the colonial re-adjustment [/size]

The embarrassing reality was that slavery in Nigeria underwent a ‘slow death’, to use the opportune term of Hogendorn and
Lovejoy (1993). Although Lugard’s pronouncements in the early post-conquest period seemed to suggest it would no longer be tolerated, it was evidently difficult to simply halt the process in northern Nigeria in view of how deeply it was embedded (Ubah 1991).

Moreover, and this is part of the ambiguity of the colonial attitude, it was necessary to keep traditional rulers on board as part of a longer term strategy to counter real or imagined radicalism. Klein (1998) records similar problematic attitudes in the Francophone regions of
West Africa. Even relative liberals such as Temple (1918) argued that the system of domestic slavery should not be summarily dismantled.

Slaves whose original ethnic identity had been abolished were still working within the Hausa system in the first quarter of the twentieth century (Figure 10). A decree finally abolishing slavery was only promulgated in 1936, although by this time, almost all those former slaves who
maintained an ethnic identity had left for their home area (Olusanya 1966).

At the same time, colonial policy promoted the use of Hausa and Islamic courts, which had the contrary effect of cementing the power of the former slavers . Indirect rule kept the Muslim rulers of outlying settlements such as Keffi and Ibi in place. Indirect rule also maintained these islands of Hausa dominance through the colonial era and preserved their authority through a court system controlled by Muslim qadis
even in rather marginal Islamic areas. Fulɓe pastoralists could count on the incursions of their cattle into fields of crops being subject to only minor penalties in the courts when they were opposed to non-Muslims. It also became advantageous for local rulers to either convert to Islam or adopt its outward form.

Turaki (1993:99) observes;

It can hardly be doubted that the practice of placing large numbers of pagans under Fulani District Heads and supporting the authority of these by the powers of government when and where necessary, led to an extension of Islam. … The pagan headman tended to start wearing Muslim dress especially when they were called to meetings at the District Headquarters and this donning of the garb of the Muslim often proved the first step to Islam. and their final subjugation [my words]

Dino Melaye dresses in Huasa Fulani attire
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This in turn has had a direct impact on issues such as the boundaries of post-colonial Nigerian states. The original Kaduna state, for example, was a long narrow strip that stretched from Katsina on the northern border down through Zaria. Kaduna included many of the communities in Southern Zaria that were subjugated by Zazzau in the slave-raiding era. Even when the Katsina Emirate became a separate state, the remaining rump of Kaduna State persisted with this awkward conjunction, binding together resentful minority communities, generally oriented towards Christianity, with their former antagonists from further north. Historically this has often been the source of conflict and this state of affairs is likely to continue.

OZAOEKPE:

APCHaram:


Slaves are ignorant of their past.

They have no history nor culture.

The middle belt and parts of Yoruba land are slaves to their lost history

OZAOEKPE:

them go soon ban you

NobleAngell:
Handsome Dino. Even if you wear hijab, u can never go wrong in my eyes.

APCHaram:


It can hardly be doubted that the practice of placing large numbers of pagans under Fulani District Heads and supporting the authority of these by the powers of government when and where necessary, led to an extension of Islam. … The pagan headman tended to start wearing Muslim dress especially when they were called to meetings at the District Headquarters and this donning of the garb of the Muslim often proved the first step to Islam. and their final subjugation [my words]

NobleAngell:
Pls u should've just stated yr point without quotin me.

APCHaram:


This thread isn't bashing Dino but detailing the antecedents of Islamic garb as a traditional attire among certain middle-belt tribes.