1. Cultural Studies Queen Amina of Zazzau

2. Objective To explore the life of Queen Amina of Zazzau as a Hausa heroine Starter Who are heroes? What qualities do heroes have?

3. My name is Queen Amina. I was born in 1533 in Zazzau, a province of modern day Nigeria (HausaBakwai) to king Nikkatau, the 22 nd ruler of Zazzau

4. When my father died, my brother Karama took the throne, but I choose a different route

5. I trained hard to become a warrior earning the respect of the male dominated Zazzau military

6. My brother Karama ruled for 10 years and when he died the leadership baton fell on me

7. I became the first Queen of my people, during my time as queen I gathered so much popularity because of my exemplary leadership skills and the fact that I was unbeatable as a female warrior

8. I led my first military campaign a few month after taking power

9. I became the first Sarauniya (Queen) in a male dominated society, I expanded the territory of the hausa people of North Africa to its largest borders in history. The context of my leadership was precolonial, where men did not feel threatened when women were in powerful positions.

10. Break out Session If Queen Amina was put in a time capsule and transported to date, what kind of problems will she face or need to resolve? (You might want to think of coronavirus, Boko Haram etc) How do you think she will solve them if she had access to technology?