Chanchit:
Why person go just sidon Dey write rubbish? it would never happen in 100yrs time, or we would just wake up one morning and discard English language?, the only way we would have a change of official language is if Nigeria breaks and by then we (including you) knows what each region official language would be.

And if Nigeria 'breaks' which language would you choose for your region ?

GorkoSusaay:
"War makes states and states make war" according to Charles Tilly.
State formation is necessarily bloody because one entity has to prove its sovereignty over a certain territory.
So the formation of the Sokoto Caliphate was bloody, and so were the establishment of any political realm. But as you implied, there were regular wars between the City-states before the Caliphate. Yunfa, the Sarkin Gobir was trying to quell the Dan Fodio uprising but at the same time he was wary of rebellion in Zamfara and an attack from Katsina. The Sultans of Sokoto never had to have such fears

It's a misnomer to say that "Fulani history is bloody" though. What do we mean by Fulani history? The last 300 years? Or the mythical days where women bathed with cowmilk and men worshipped Geno Dundaari?
It all depends on what we mean and which historical period we aim to study.
Yorubaland for example, saw an endless series of war between the death of Alaafin Abiodun and the British colonisation of Nigeria. But there's much more to the history of Yorubas than that century of blood.
Such is also the case with the History of Borno and Kanuri. Borno which was the most important realm in Northern Nigeria in the 1700s collapsed during the last 20 years of the 19th century, due to succession quarrels and the invasion of Rabih Zubayr.

In the end, it is the monopoly of violence that is the basis on which all states thrive.

I modify my post by quoting your captivating words, thanks for the powerful words.

HAUSA LANGUAGE COULD BE THE NEXT OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF NIGERIA.

Hausa language is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Nigeria, and the only language in which the population of its non-native speakers surpasses that of its native speakers. One very interesting feature about the language apart from its rich vocabulary and grammar is that, it spread like a wild fire within and without Nigeria through peaceful means (mostly through the activities of Hausa traders that visit or settled in numerous areas).There was no time in the history of the language that it was forced upon any certain community or people, most if not all of its non-native speakers learned the language willingly, and in the charming and easy going Hausa people you always find wiling teachers. Amongst all Nigerian tribes, you will not find those eager to teach their language to others more than the Hausa people love to. They are by far the only Nigerian tribe that value their language above the official English language.



The language is naturally easy to learn, pleasant to speak and sweet to listen to, no wonder even the Europeans were fascinated and interested in it, they even use it as a tool of world politics with BBC (England), VOA (America), RFI (France), Radio Deustchwelle (Germany) Radio Sin (China), and Radio Persia (Iran) all having Hausa language broadcasting sections within their international radio broadcasting stations.



While most Nigerian languages are recording what I would term ‘native decline’ in their speakers, Hausa language’s non-native speakers population is increasing day by day, and the most interesting thing is, most people succumb to the inviting nature of the language peacefully. The Kanuri may had once made Hausa states their vassal states, the Fulani may have conquered them and the Europeans may have colonized them but still, their “Hausa-ness” remain intact and their language also intact and contagious. By the rate at which this remarkable language is spreading in Nigeria one would have no doubt that in the near future majority of Nigerians would be speaking the language and some day if we decided to discard this sneaky foreign (English) language as our official language in favor of one of our native languages, Hausa language could be the chosen one.

Yours sincerely.

lawani:


The Emir of Ilorin is a Yoruba man whose compound was founded by a Hausa man. There are Hausa people in Kano, Katsina and etc whose compounds were founded by Yorubas. I hope you understand now. Do Hausas call themselves Gambari? Even Fulani call themselves Fulbe, Pula and etc. Gambari, Tapa, Fulani are Yoruba nomenclatures

There is not any compound founded by yoruba in Kano, and Fulani is a Hausa nomenclature not yoruba.

To Enlightened, my shout out, hope life is treating you kindly.

GorkoSusaay:


Watch out for the High Blood pressure Mr. Akin Lawanson

The last time I checked Lawani was saying the Emir of Ilorin is of yoruba decent, and now this coming from him.

YourNemesis:
Of course it was bloody!
And is still bloody.....

Support your claim.

WAS FULANI HISTORY TRULY BLOODY?





"War makes states and states make war" according to Charles Tilly.
State formation is necessarily bloody because one entity has to prove its sovereignty over a certain territory.
So the formation of the Sokoto Caliphate was bloody, and so were the establishment of any political realm" (GorkoSusaay)


The Fulani ethnic group is the most demonized ethnic group in Nigeria, especially by Nigerians of Southern extraction. Some South-westerners and most South-Easterners believe Fulani to be a bloody or born to rule race, may be due to the frequent clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and Farmers on one hand and the history of the Fulani conquests of the 18-19th centuries on the other.


Throughout their history the Fulani fought wars and conquered territories not because they are blood tasty or wanted to rule and dominate, but because they wanted to bring a positive change in their societies; and this they did after they came to power. They brought peace and developments especially in terms of education and economy to their domains. A former colonial officer in Nigeria Mr. H. A. S. Johnston has the following to say about the Fulani rule in Northern Nigeria in his book titled “The Fulani Empire of Sokoto”
(Quote)



The Fulani gave Hausaland a greater measure of peace than it had ever previously enjoyed. To this can be added the fact that their government was based on principle and not on mere power. No man, however mighty, was above the law. No man, however lowly, was beneath it. Every man had rights that the law defined and protected. In a continent still largely dominated by war and anarchy, the gift of peace and justice was no small thing.


Secondly, it can be said that the structure of society was well integrated and not inhumane. At the base of the pyramid, it is true, there were the slaves, but even they had their rights. In fact, they were generally better treated than slaves in other parts of the world including the United States, and for the most part they led tolerable lives. Next came the peasants. As they were free men, enjoying rights in the soil of which no one could deprive them, their standing was higher than that of the serfs who were still to be found in many parts of Europe. Then there were the craftsmen and traders of the towns: they were sufficiently numerous and affluent to constitute the beginnings of that most important component in any society — a middle class. Finally, there was the ruling caste. Its members, though authoritarian, were generally just and beneficent. In short, though tyranny and injustice were not unknown, they were probably less prevalent than in many countries of Europe and the Americas which had greater pretensions to being considered as civilized.


Thirdly, it can be said that the society of the Empire was a reasonably cultivated one. Trade and agriculture flourished so that the majority of the people were able to enjoy some simple luxuries over and above the bare necessities of life. Similarly, education was not the monopoly of the ruling caste but was common among the middle class and not unknown among the peasantry and slaves. Among all classes, moreover, scholars and divines were held in the very highest esteem. Finally, there was the all-pervading influence of religion. Its disciplines were the cement of society, its teachings gave purpose and dignity to life, and its consolations reconciled men to the injustices of an imperfect world.


The civilization of the Sokoto Empire was the product of the union between two very different strains, the Fulani and the Hausa. The contribution of the Fulani lay mainly in the arts of government, scholarship, and religion, that of the Hausas in the fields of agriculture, industry, and trade. The two peoples were complementary to one another and between them they evolved a society which was probably more advanced than any other hitherto produced in black Africa. At the turn of the century that society was engulfed by world forces that were too strong for it. Now, fittingly enough, it has been reborn as the nucleus of a new and powerful nation.
(End of Quote)



Apart from the Fulani (Tukolur) empire of Alh. Umar Tall, all other Fulani empires from the Imamates of Fuuta Jalon (in present day Guinea) and Fuuta Tooro (in present day Senegal) to the empires of Sokoto and Maasina (in present day Mali) were a product of revolutions carried out in order to topple a bad leadership and established a good one and to a large extent they succeeded in creating a good leadership after the success of their struggles as examplified in the above quote.



By nature Fulani are brilliant and intelligent like most west-African tribes but they tend to have more zeal and the will to execute their plans and face obstacles collectively than most tribes. The Fulani love peace more than anything that is why they tend to be very shy and mostly live away from cities but they are never afraid to fight if the need arises. That is why in most of their conflicts they rarely were the ones “that fire the first shot”. But it’s true their retaliation was always complete and thorough.



In conclusion, saying that, the Fulani history is bloody is but an injustice to them, because they fought and established empires at a time when fighting was the order of the day not only in West-Africa but in most parts of the world. Around that time the Oyo Empire was fighting to expand its influence likewise the Kanembu Empire though by that time the once powerful Jukun (kwararafa) Kingdom’s power has waned. So just because the Fulani fought with more zeal and singleness of purpose, conquered more lands in different locations (within West-Africa) than other Nigerian tribes; that does not make their history bloody, It meant they were the most wide spread, shrewder, more tactical, more organized and more ambitious tribe of that Era.


So if Fulani history is truly bloody then most Nigerian tribes history is also bloody, that would be the case for all Nigerian tribes that once established Kingdoms or empires for themselves within or without Nigeria of today.


Yours sincerely.

Roozzaay:

I'm sorry, i won't be able to name any source now but promise to do that later. But every available oral sources from Ilorin and even among the Yorubas, made it clear that Sheu actually defeated Afonja, never mind some missionaries accounts on the issue, almost all of them were biased in their writings on the subject matter. Sheu Adam Abdullah Al-Ilory wrote many books about it.

I would surely be waiting, and I also prefer local/native/oral accounts to those written by Europeans, since it seems you are an insider to the info be generous and share it with us. Thanks.

Roozzaay:

I'm sorry, i won't be able to name any source now but promise to do that later. But every available oral sources from Ilorin and even among the Yorubas, made it clear that Sheu actually defeated Afonja, never mind some missionaries accounts on the issue, almost all of them were biased in their writings on the subject matter. Sheu Adam Abdullah Al-Ilory wrote many books about it.

I would surely be waiting, and I also prefer local/native/oral accounts to those written by Europeans, since it seems you are an insider to the info be generous enough to share it with us. Thanks.

Roozzaay:

No bro, Sheu Alimi with the help of believing Yorubas and Nupes defeated Afonja (the then Generalisimo of Yorubas) before proceeding with the Jihad to the South-West reaching Ile-Ife.

Interesting ! This is the first time am hearing this version can you please direct me to your source, because even the lists of Ilorin Emirs started with the name of Abdussalami dan Alimi, not Salih Janta (Shehu Alimi). Besides Afonja outlived the Shehu not the other way round.

Roozzaay:

"It is interesting to know
that although Shehu was
not alive when Ilorin,
Nupe," sorry bro, but those lines sounds like you're one of those that believed Sheu Alimi to be Sheu bin Fodi's student which is not true

Ilorin was not under Fulani rule during the life time of Shehu Alimi it only fell to Fulani under his son Abdussalam, and the fact that he (Abdussalam) receive the green standard (Flag) from Gwandu in addition to re-inforcements, makes him a student of Shehu bn Fodio.

My Love has always being and will always be unconditional

EnlightenedSoul:


This tale has grown tails.

Very long tails indeed, amazing flow of words, from both sides.

mujaya1:
Please is jalingo part of fulani town.

It was once part of the Fulani Sokoto empire, it was first under the emirate of Gombe and later became part of Muri Emirate.

GorkoSusaay:
These seven are all Shaykhs from whom I took [knowledge] and from whom I copied [texts].

As for my father, with him I studied most of what I have transmitted and from him, I took most of what I studied. Indeed, through him, my faculties blossomed and I partook of his abundance and swelled up with it.

As for my Shaykh Muhammad Sambo, I took from him the Sufi path and transmitted from him some books of the People [the Sufis] such as the Hikam, after getting it from my father, and al-Insan al-kamil and Usul al-tariq and others. I was attached to him for long and drank from [his knowledge].

As for his brother Muhammad Bello, I studied with him al-Jawhar al-maknun and some of the [pre-Islamic] poets and some of the fundamentals of Sufism and medicine, etc.

As for Muhammad al-Bukhari, I studied with him grammar, such as al-Imrltiyya, the Mulha, the Qatr and the Khulasa and he taught me [various other] matters.

As for Shaykh Gidado, I studied with him al-Kawkab al-sati and the Nuqaya with its commentary, and al Sullam al-murawnaq on logic,and the Kafiya of Ibn Malik, and his work Kashf al-aqfa fi ilm al-amthal and other works.

With Shaykh Mudi I studied al-Ramziya on prosody.

From Muhammad Yero I took some wirds and wazifas. In sum, I copied [texts] and memorized and (unclear) [learning] from the scholars of my age.

Praise be to God. The note is ended, and completed.

I am glad to meet a learned of our history like you, mi yetti maassin, for adding to our knowledge.

GorkoSusaay:
The Fodiawa likely did not have any relations with their kinsmen by the time Usman dan Fodio was born. The first of his ancestor to settle in Gobir was Musa Jokollo, and he came to Hausaland around 1450, more than 300 years before Dan Fodio's birth (in 1754).

Shehu Usman was the son of Muhammad Fodio, son of Usman, son of Salihu, son of Haruna, son of Muhammad Gurdo, son of Muhammad Jabbo, son of Muhammad Sambo, son of Masirana, son of Ayyub, son of Buba, son of Abubakr, son of Musa Jokollo.
There's 11 generations between the two of them. If Dan Fodio was a "recent settler" as many people ignorantly assume, he would never have the basis to transform Hausaland as he did

In addition none of the leaders of the prominent Fulani clans that participated in the jihaad were also recent arrivals, infact none of them was born outside present day Nigeria.

GorkoSusaay:
No apologies needed at all, Sir. Everyone has his obligations outside of Nairaland .

Thank you for the answer. Informative as always. There's so much to write about our culture, about Shehu, about Kano, about Nigeria...etc.
The policy was very fair to the body of people, but it saddens me still .

Emir Muhammad Bello of Kano seems to be one of the most interesting figures. If I recall correctly, the Kano chronicle was compiled during his reign and you said also, that he wrote a History of Kano, later completed by the Emir Bayero. I have to get these books....

It's sad indeed but we're "Torodbe" ( the fula islamic movement ) first before anything else, that was the mentality then, so we value religion above anything.

There's a lot to write especially in terms of online resources. But one thing we're careless about in Nigeria is our history. Especially in the North.

Amir Bello was the last of the Fulani 2nd generation Kano Amirs, the last of the greatest greats.

GorkoSusaay:


Baaballiyo, your posts are always very instructive. I wouldn't be surprised if you were a Sullubawa Dabo .
Can you elaborate about the policy that was promulgated in secret by the Shehu?

Apologies, for not responding in time; too much events conspired against the will to reply.


After the jihad was successful Sokoto city was built and made the administrative Capital of the Caliphate. But a little confusion arose as to which language should be used for administrative correspondence, so most were supporting the use of fulfulde, this was then refered to Shehu and Shehu asked them " Was this jihad of ours undertaken to promote the fulbe course (race) or to promote the Islamic faith ? They answered that the jihad was to promote the Islamic faith. Then he said;

Those who imposed their language and culture upon a subdued territory are conquerors not Jihaadist. Our struggles were undertaken to promote the Islamic faith, to free the poor from being oppressed and promote their faith and well being not to impose upon them our language and culture.

Thenceforward the following policy was enacted and communicated to all Fulani Amirs secretly.

1. All official correspondence should be made in Arabic or Hausa Languages.

2. In areas were Hausa is not the common language the lingua franca of that area should be used as the official language of that area.
They were also advised/cautioned not to do anything that will make their subjects feel their language or culture is inferior to that of the Fulani.

This policy made all fulbe royal houses in Hausa land conduct their official affairs mostly in Hausa language since Arabic was not commonly spoken. So at the initial stage fulfulde was relegated to domestic lives of the royals. But still within their houses apart from their immediate family most of their servants, coutiers and bodyguards were of Hausa extraction or speak Hausa, so it meant they tend to speak more Hausa officially and domestically. The second generation of the royals became proficient in both Hausa and fulfulde but from their third generation downward Hausa overtook fulfulde as their first language up to a point that they can't speak it anymore. By my own deductions the last emir of Kano to speak fulfulde fluently was Amir Muhammad Bello (r. 1882-1893) , Tukur, Aliyu Babba, Abbas and Usman were also believed to have speak it partially ( not fluently ) .


It is interesting to know that although Shehu was not alive when Ilorin, Nupe, and kontagora were captured but this policy was also applied there, that is why today their fulbe royals speak only the local language of those areas as their first languages, I think that's what made people like "Lawani" think the emirs of Ilorin are not of Fulani descent.


But the case is different for the Northeastern part of the caliphate in areas like Adamawaa, Gombe, Muri/Jalingo and some part of Bauchi emirates, the policy can not be applied in these areas because, they do not speak Hausa at that time and do not have a lingua franca, the region consisted of a mosaic of small pagan tribes that did not have any common language. So the fulbe royals over there were abled to hold onto their language and culture and were also abled to conduct both their domestic and official affairs in fulfulde this lead to many locals learn fulfulde, there was a time when fulfulde in this region was the lingua franca, but gradually it gave way to the encroaching and conquering power of the indomitable Hausa language. Today Hausa language is the lingua franca of that region. I believe that is why up to present the Fulanis in this region are speaking fulfulde.
NOTE: Even these areas that do not speak Hausa did not correspond with Sokoto or Gwandu ( as the case may be) in fulfulde, they mostly used Arabic.

I called it a secret policy because it was not transmitted in writing to all Amirs but verbally.

CC:
Maisuya1.

Seun:
As a muslim, would you prefer to live in an Islamic country governed by Islamic laws and principles, rather than a secular country which defends the rights of women, muslims, christians, atheists, lesbians, gays, scantily clad babes, drinkers, and all minorities, and treats them equally?

If your answer is 'yes,' what are some of the ways in which you feel that an Islamic country would be better for your life than a secular country?

I would LOVE to, but the country should be governed by Orthodox Islamic laws. Not the extremism of Wahhabi Saudi Arabia or the recklessness of Shi'a Iran and of course not the liberalism of the United Arab Emirates or Kuwait.

My ideal Islamic state will make my life better by

Giving me the utmost freedom to practice Islam with full government help and backing.

horlarwhalhe:


Are you saying you have been practicing Christianity throughout your history?

Yes, but Islam not Christianity.

Rossikk:
This topic is about African adoption of foreign religions, not about how empires and kingdoms were founded using violence. The point is, Now that we are no longer "conquered'', and the conquerors have left, why are we still into their religion? Especially when less than 1% of us has ever bothered to research the roots, validity, and authenticity of that belief system. It's like we're a bunch of feckless, thoughtless dummies led by the nose.

And worst of all, the conquerors had their "holy books" peppered with enough threats of damnation and eternal suffering to ensure that adherents remain adherents.. And we fell for that too. Most followers are scared shiitless of questioning anything in the bible, or its integrity. Same as the koran for our muslims. It's like the world came to Africa, and tied the African's hands behind his back with a rope, and left.

When will you untie yours?

LOL, my hands aren't tied by anyone, and besides my tribe don't know anyform of worship except the one we have been practicing throughout our history. To you it's foreign and white but to us its native and black.

horlarwhalhe:


Have you don research you will not say what you said because civilization started from Africa including language, spirituality, Until Caucasian invade Africa and stole our history and use it against us, what did your Bible told you about foreign god, are you serving foreign god or god of your land. I want you to do more research,
Before Adam and eve we exist

Well if you said that, then since the Caucasians stole it from us then the blood shedding originated from us. I serve one God and that one God is the God of my land and all other lands. You should have said so and so exist before Adam and Eve not we, name those people or civilisation.

Rossikk:
You are wrong. In terms of scale of atrocities, African religion "fares better". A community might sacrifice a virgin or two a year to implore the gods for a good harvest, but you never saw wholesale massacres of other groups in order to force them to join one religion or the other, as was practiced by Christianity and Islam. You never saw religious wars like the Biafran war fought between christians and muslims, with millions of people slaughtered. Or terrorist groups killing those of different beliefs. So abandoning African religion to join those faiths is like jumping from frying pan to fire, with various terrible consequences arising, as we've seen in Africa. Much better to reform, and build on what we had earlier, just like others did with theirs.

The Kano Kingdom, Oyo Empire, Kanem Empire, Ashanti empire, Mali empire, Aksumite empire, the Zulu kingdom among other ancient African empires/kingdoms were all created through conquest, blood shed and massacres when all of them pratice African religions at a time they were not influenced by any "white religion".


America is the most blood thirsty entity in the entire history of the world, they killed the highest number of people in world history; is it for religion ?

So blood thirsty~ness is the general nature of most human beings when they want to achieve a political or economic goal some are able to restraint it while others tend to succumb to it. So blame the people not the RELIGION.

Rossikk:
I mean, other races have a history of barbaric religious practices which they eventually abandoned for more humane worship - thus 're-packaging' their religions. In fact their religions killed far more people than African faiths. Which religion compares to the hideous wholesale massacres perpetrated by European Christians in their various slaughterfests titled 'Crusades', and 'Inquisitions'? Who can vie with Arab Muslims in their mad rampages across various nations in bloody Jihads? What about the chilling mass sacrifice rituals of the Hindu Indians? The Shintoists of old Japan? Compared to these faiths, African religion is a moral giant, laden with multitudes of spiritual insights and attributes. Yet it lies abandoned, snubbed, spat on, and derided by a degenerate, morally bankrupt, colonised, brainwashed, ignorant collection of reprobate buffoons who call themselves modern Africans. Today, these 'Africans', suffering massive colonial hangover, see nothing good in their ancient philosophies and faiths. Nothing worth researching about them. Their gods must be white and imported, or they will not 'believe'. They feel they must travel OUT of Africa to worship God effectively, in pilgrimages to Mecca, Jerusalem, etc. God cannot possibly have a holy land in Africa, can he? Nah.... It must be in the white man's lands. In Europe. In Arabia.

Who will save us from this madness? Better still, How do we cure ourselves of this madness?

You need to research more about most African native religions, bc for most of them Human and blood sacrifices are found. So I think they dont fare any better than what you termed " Imported white Gods".

mujaya1:
but his mother speak fulani and people that suprise me is sultan of sokoto, he is not speak fulani

I do not think she speaks Fulfulde well, but she understands it well because she was once married to a Fulani man from Adamawa (Mubi)and lived there for almost 20yrs after her marriage with the Emir's father ( Ciroma Aminu Sanusi) was dissolved by Emir Sanusi 1. So the present Emir (sanusi 2) have half brothers and sisters that speak Fulfulde fluently, but he and his full sister donot speak or even understand Fulfulde.

As for the Sultan not speaking Fulfulde that is normal for fulbe Royal houses in the North~West, non of them speak it any longer due to a policy which the Shehu ( Usman bi fodiyo ) himself promulgated in secret to all fulbe Royal houses after the Jihad was successful.

mujaya1:
gombe,adamawa,kebbi and sokoto,also kano remember governor of kano now is fulani and he speak fulani, i think even sanusi lamidu sanusi is fluent in fulani.

Nay Emir Sunusi don't speak any Fulfulde.

bigfrancis21:


I've heard of the preference of Nigerian Fulanis to speak Hausa instead of Fulani.

"Preference" I think the right phrase should be something like "tend to speak". Because they dont prefer speaking Hausa over Fulfulde but the environment tend to force them to.

Fulaman198:


Sokoto, Kebbi and Kano not really. It is mainly Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe. Sokoto has a much higher Hausa Threshold.

Most tend to underrate the population of Fulfulde speaking Fulani in the Northwest due to their minority status. But I believe the number of Fulfulde speaking Fulani in Kano alone supersedes those in Taraba state. By my own analysis their population is between 1.4-1.8 million native speakers. Its interesting to know that all elected deputy governors in kano from 1999 to 2015 are all Fulfulde speaking Fulani, the present Governor was a two time former deputy governor and he is a Fulfulde speaking Fulani.

HalimaSadiya:
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Fulaman198:


Ada selli means are you doing well or are you in good health? I'm glad that your fasting is going well, it's ok you will learn it Insha'Allah.

Allah reni Mi yetti, Allah jabu du'aa ma.

Fulaman198:


Sumaaye jam e an bo? noy sumaaye derdam? Ada selli? A nani Fulfulde?

The Tukulor/Toucouleur or Toorobe are not Full-blooded Fulani, but they speak pure Pulaar/Fulfulde (the least unadulterated Fulani language). They are able to understand every region of Fulani from Senegal to Sudan which is amazing. Most Fulanis (myself included sometimes) may have difficulty understanding someone from a further away country. Like from time to time, I may have issues with someone from Senegal or Mauritania understanding what they say. But for the most part, I understand about 80% of what they say because of regional dialectal differences.

Sumaaye jam derdam, Mi nani Sadda mi ikkitodemma.
Am trying to learn but keep getting confused as to which one should I learn so many dialect and differences.
What do you mean by " Ada selli" I donot understand that.