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Queen Amina of Zazzau

c. 1533–1610

Nigeria

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Biography

Amina is remembered in Hausa oral history for military conquests and for building the fortified walls that protected the trading centers she ruled.

1583–1663

c. 1280–c. 1337

c. 1217–c. 1255