A brief history of how the Hausas were conquered by the Fulanis

Both Hausa and non-Hausa people in the old North were competent farmers, skillful artisans, and shrewd businesspeople.

According to legend, the mythological ancestor of the Hausa people, Bayajidda, moved from Baghdad to the Kanem-Bornu Empire in the 9th or 10th century, when he got married to a princess.