Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)

The Fodiawa were members of the Torobbe clan of the Fulani, who emigrated from the region of Futa Toro (modern-day Senegambia) in the seventeenth century. They settled in the Hausa state of Gobir where they became well-known for Islamic learning. In 1804 they led a jihad against the Hausa States, establishing what we know today as the Sokoto Caliphate. Usman dan Fodio, his brother Abdullahi and his son, Muhammad Bello, authored hundreds of texts in Arabic, Fulfulde and Hausa. Their descendants continued to rule Sokoto until the British annexation of Northern Nigeria in 1903 and remain important political figures in Nigeria today.

HMML ID
811517712999
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/family/811517712999
LC name
Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)
HMML name
Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)
HMML native script
آل فودى

Variants

  • Fodio

Family information

Begin date
1790~
Centuries
18th century CE ● 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
Associated countries
Burkina Faso  ● Cameroon  ● Mali  ● Niger  ● Nigeria  ● Sudan
Associated locations
Associated titles
Amīr al-muʼminīn
Associates

Family members

Family members

Preferred citation

"Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 12, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/family/811517712999

Change notes

Date added
2021-10-06
Last edited
2021-10-12

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