Beautiful Nigeria: Queen Amina’s Wall, Zaria

In the city of Zazzau (Zaria) was built well-fortified walls to protect the ancient city by Queen Amina of Zaria, who is renowned for her wise military exploits and strategies so many years.

This wall still stands majestically in the modern city of Zaria.

These walls were built by Queen herself and are made from earthen walls to fortify each of her military camps.

The walls became the prototype for the fortifications used in all Hausa land.

These fortifications were also known as ‘Ganuwar Amina’, but beyond their strength of fortification, these walls are well-known for serving as monument of the heroic deeds of one of the greatest female warlords in Nigerian history.