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An Hausa Song from Katsina

Cultural Context. The city of Katsina in northern Nigeria is inhabited largely by Hausa-speaking Muslims and, until recently, served as the center of a highly-developed hierarchical political organization with the Emir of Katsina (Sarkin Katsina) at its head. By the eighteenth century Katsina had developed important checks on the power of the Sarki ('chief) through the establishment of the rukuni ('senior council') composed of four senior titles after the Sarki: Kaura ('commander of the state's military force'), Galadima ('senior civil administrator'), Yan Daka ('administrator of territories t…