Kabara (title) explained

Kabara and or Magajiya is the title used by the matriarchal monarchs that ruled the Hausa people in medieval times.[1] [2] 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]

  1. Kufuru (also known as Kofano) (c. 700)
  2. Ginu (also known as Gufano)
  3. Yakumo (also known as Yakwano)
  4. Yakunya (also known as Yakaniya)
  5. Wanzamu (also known as Waizam)
  6. Yanbamu
  7. Gizir-gizir (also known as Gizirgirit or Gadar Gadar)
  8. Inna-Gari (also known as Anagiri)
  9. Daurama (also known as Daura)
  10. Ga-Wata (also known as Gamata)
  11. Shata
  12. Fatatuma (also known as Batatume)
  13. Sai-Da-Mata (also known as Sandamata)
  14. Ja-Mata
  15. Ha-Mata
  16. Zama
  17. Sha-Wata (c. 1000)
  18. Daurama II

Notes and References

  1. Book: Palmer, H. R. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 1908. 1908.
  2. Book: Stewart, John . African States and Rulers . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 2006 . 9780786425624 . 3rd . London . 71.

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