Queen Amina Of Zaria: The History Of An Uncommon African Warrioress

Queen Amina was a warrior queen of the popular city-state Zazzau (Zaria) in the present-day Kaduna. Amina was the celebrated queen of Bakwa Turunku and the 22nd ruler of Zazzau, She was a known voice in the mid-sixteen century, Many folk tales and legends have suppressed her real biography. She had a younger, beautiful sister Zaria,…