Usman Dan Fodio

Usman Dan Fodio

male, deceased (1817)
sufi, Islamic history, philosopher, hausa, african, fulani
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio (also referred to as Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio, Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye, or Shehu Usman dan Fodio, 1754 - 1817) was a writer...
Murtala Mohammed

Murtala Mohammed

male, deceased (1976)
Heads of state, came to power in a coup, Sandhurst, politician, secession, murdered…hausa
General Murtala Ramat Mohammed born (November 8, 1938-February 13, 1976) was a military ruler (Head of the Federal Military Government) of...
Tandja Mamadou

Tandja Mamadou

male, 71 years old
ECOWAS, Maradi, Kanuri, Djerma, Tahoua, Fula…hausa
Colonel (ret.) Tandja Mamadou is a Nigerien politician and current President, as well as the chairman of economic organization ECOWAS. His name is...
Hamani Diori

Hamani Diori

male, deceased (1989)
École normale supérieure William Ponty, William Ponty Teachers' Training College, ousted in a coup, French West Africa, self-government, dakar…hausa, Hausa language
Hamani Diori was the first President of the Republic of Niger. Born in the town of Soudouré, Diori was the son of a Djerma public health official i...

Yakubu

male
hausa, islam, fulani, Fula, Gobir, Bawa
Yakubu was ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir (in what is now northern Nigeria) from 1795 to 1801. Succeeding Bawa, Yakubu waged a number of...
Abubakar Imam

Abubakar Imam

male, deceased (1981)
writer, nigerian, journalist, hausa, zaria, Alumni of the Institute of Education
Abubakar Imam (1911-1981) was a Nigerian writer, journalist and politician from Kagara. For most of his life, he lived in Zaria, where he was the...
Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou

male, 57 years old
prime minister, Dandaji, Tahoua Department, National Assembly of Niger, National Movement of the Development Society, Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya…hausa
Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952) is a Nigerien politician. He is an ethnic Hausa from Northeastern Niger. He was Prime Minister from 1993 to 1994 and...

Bayajidda

male
west africa, hausa, Religion in Nigeria, From baghdad, African mythology, Hausa language
Bayajidda (Hausa:, also known as Abuyazidu) is a character from the mythology of the Hausa people of northern Nigeria and the central figure of the...
Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

male, deceased (1891)
Fourah Bay College alumni, African-English, convert to Anglicanism, Bible translator, Yoruba history, slavery…hausa, Hausa language
Bishop Samuel Adjai (Ajayi) Crowther (c. 1807 - December 31, 1891) was a linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Born in Osogun,...

Bashir Tofa

male
Muslim, Moshood Abiola, Bashir Othma Tofa, Kano State, National Republican Convention, biafra…hausa
Bashir Othma Tofa is a Nigerian politician. A Hausa Muslim who hails from Kano State, Tofa was the National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate...