Hamman Yaji Explained
| Hamman Yaji |
| Birth Name: | Muhammad Yaji |
| Birth Place: | Madagali |
| Death Place: | Sokoto, Nigeria |
| Era: | Kamerun |
| Known For: | Raiding, slave trading |
| Notable Works: | Diary |
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| Term: | 1902-1927 |
| Movement: | Mahdism |
| Father: | Ardo Bakari Njidda |
Muhammad Hamman Yaji (1863-1929) was Emir of Madagali, Nigeria, part of the Adamawa Emirate.[1] He is known for his personal diary which records daily life and activities from 1912 to 1927 as a Fulbe raider and slave trader near the border of present-day Adamawa State, Nigeria, and Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region, Cameroon.[2] [3] Over a nine-year period, Yaji reportedly carried out over one hundred raids, rustling much livestock, enslaving some 2,016 captives, and killing at least two hundred men, one hundred and sixty-eight of whom he notes specifically.[4]
Originally written in Arabic, his diary provides a rare local perspective on early 20th century sub-Saharan daily life under colonial rule.
Further reading
- Book: Lovejoy, Paul E. . Slow death for slavery: the course of abolition in Northern Nigeria, 1897-1936 . Hogendorn . Jan S. . Cambridge University Press . 1993 . 9780521374699 . Cambridge.
- Book: Yaji, Hamman . The Diary of Hamman Yaji . Indiana University Press . A. H. M. Kirk-Greene . 1995 . 978-0-253-36206-3 . Vaughan . James H..
See also
Notes and References
- Van Beek . Walter E. A. . 2012 . Intensive Slave Raiding in the Colonial Interstice: Hamman Yaji and the Mandara Mountains (North Cameroon and North-Eastern Nigeria) . The Journal of African History . en . 53 . 3 . 301–323 . 10.1017/S0021853712000461 . 0021-8537.
- Book: Yaji, Hamman . The diary of Hamman Yaji : chronicle of a West African Muslim ruler . 1995 . Indiana University Press . James H. Vaughan, A. H. M. Kirk-Greene . 0-253-36206-7 . Bloomington . 30779238.
- Book: Vaughan, James H. . Dictionary of African biography . 2012 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-538207-5 . Gates . Henry Louis . Oxford . Yaji, Hamman (1863–1929) . 706025122 . https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-2150.
- Book: Green, Toby . Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past: Essays in Honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias . Rossi . Benedetta . 2018-07-26 . BRILL . 978-90-04-34883-7 . 10.1163/9789004380189_022.
