 | Charles Kingsley Meek - 1925 - 432 pages
...tribal intermixture in Nigeria. " In Yakubu's time (1452-1463) the Fulani came to Hausaland from Melle bringing with them books on Divinity and Etymology....Traditions. The Fulani passed by and went to Bornu, leaving only a few men in Hausaland. At this time, too, the Asbenawa came to Gobir, and salt became common... | |
 | J. D. Fage, Roland Oliver - 1975 - 826 pages
...towards Bornu, introducing some religious sciences previously unknown in Hausaland, they left behind a few men in Hausaland, ' together with some slaves and people who were tired of journeying '. We are not told, however, whether those who went on were on Pilgrimage. Sometimes such pilgrim settlements... | |
 | Humphrey J. Fisher - 2001 - 436 pages
...this entry for the reign of Yakubu: In Yakubu's time the Fulani came to Hausaland from Melle [Mali], bringing with them books on Divinity and Etymology....some slaves and people who were tired of journeying. 13 The whole account of Yakubu's time is fascinating: several notables came, and were absorbed into... | |
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Melé, bringing with them books on Divinity and Etymology. Formerly our doctors had, in addition to the Koran, only the books of the Law and the Traditions. The Fulani passed by and went to Bornu leaving a few men, in Hausaland, together with some slaves... 