Queen Amina of Zazzau: Nigeria’s Legendary Warrior Queen Who Built an Empire
Queen Amina of Zazzau: Nigeria’s Legendary Warrior Queen Who Built an Empire Queen Amina of Zazzau (born mid-1500s, died c.1610) was a renowned Hausa warrior queen of Zazzau (now Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria) who lived and ruled in the mid-sixteenth century. Born to King Nikatau and Queen Bakwa Turunku (r. 1536–c.1566), she was raised and…