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Amina was a queen of Zazzau, a Hausa city-state in what is now northern Nigeria. Stories about her say she was a skilled warrior who led her army into battle for many years and expanded her kingdom’s lands and its trade.

She is also remembered for walls built around cities, called Ganuwar Amina, or “Amina’s walls,” and some of their ruins can still be seen. Historians have few written records of her, and the dates are uncertain, so much of what we know comes from oral history.