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Kabara and or Magajiya is the title used by the matriarchal monarchs that ruled the Hausa people in medieval times.[1] The Kano Chronicle gives the following list of Matriarchal monarchs that was said to have culminated and ended with the rule of Daurama II, the last Kabara of Daura.[1]

Kabaras

List of Kabaras:[1]

  • Kufuru
  • Ginu
  • Yakumo
  • Yakunya
  • Wanzamu
  • Yanbamu
  • Gizir-gizir
  • Inna-Gari
  • Daurama
  • Ga-Wata
  • Shata
  • Fatatuma
  • Sai-Da-Mata
  • Ja-Mata
  • Ha-Mata
  • Zama
  • Sha-Wata
  • Daurama II

References

  1. ^ a b c Palmer, H. R (1908). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1908.
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