THE IMPACTS OF SOKOTO JIHAD ON NIGERIA

  • There was a total reformation and restructuring of the Hausa administrative system after the Jihad.
  • The powers of the executive in the judicial arm were totally abolished.
  • The division in the Northern society was based more on religion than ethnicity.
  • The original culture of the Hausas was replaced with that of the Fulani.
  • The introduction of Arabic writing and language in the Northern part and other Muslim states.
  • There was also the introduction of a modernized trade that was in existence before the Jihad.

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