welcome to the part two of Nigeria people and culture GST 1113 we are going to learn about the the housea culture subscribe like comment and share this video 2.2 learning outcomes for unit 1 when you have studied studied this unit you should be able to able to one identify the origins of the following ethnic groups housea Fulani canri and nupe two outline the sociopolitical organizations of these cultur three the Houser culture as you are aware you are a part of the culture of your ethnic group Culture is a total way of life of a people in their attempt to harness and Conquer their environment it it is what gives meaning to their politics economics language dietary religion philosophy Aesthetics Etc the housea are predominantly found in the Northwestern part of Nigeria they were substantially islamized even before the sakoto Jihad of 1804 as clearly demonstrated by Smith 1965 by the time of the Jihad a distinction could be made between the Pagan housea and the Muslim housea immigration and Conquest Mark housea history the house of people themselves are groupings of a number of different people who have been incorporated into the original stock through conquest and assimilation homogene homogeneity of the housea stems from a Common Language and religion Islam the Houser claimed to have descended from a certain hero named bayaa or Abu yazid a refugee Prince from Baghdad the legend states that after leaving the Middle East he stayed for a while in canem where he married a daughter of the ma or King called meira later on he fled westward in order to escape the wrath of his father-in-law the mai and abandoned his wife who had already borne him a male child before reaching Dara where he was credited to have killed an evil snake that was preventing people of the town from drawing water from a well he briefly stayed in Gaia perhaps because of his bravery and as a reward he is believed to have later married the queen of daa Mag magia which enabled him to become the ruler of the state his descendants are claimed to have founded what was known as the seven house Estates of biram begaa Koo kunguma Zaza Duma goir Kumo katsina Zama Rano and gazor daa these were collectively referred to as the house of bakwai distinctively the Pagan Houser lived in small villages of exogamous patrilineal trinal kin and they worshiped natural Spirits which were referred to as isoki they were predominantly gatherers and Farmers the Muslim housea had a large centralized system they had highly developed Technologies and economy the housea were famous for leather work cloth making dying iron making trading Etc you may recall that the success of the Jihad campaigns of sheu Usman danfodio in haaland at the beginning of the 19th century gave birth to the sakoto caliphate and this gave the fani an important position in the political Affairs of the housea States from what you have learned the housea are reputable longdistance distance Traders and great cultivators they also tended to be literate in Arabic res from the influence of Islam and the sakoto Jihad it is important to know that the head of a typical house estate was the sari who was supported by a retinue of officials in an elaborate Court in political terms the development of the of the office of the sari of a city like Koo was very significant his full title was saren Casa meaning ruler of the land and not just the city thus he was both he was both a political and religious leader of the people people he was also the chief executive and judge of the state he was aided by a council of State however with the introduction of Islam in the 14th and 15th centuries new sociopolitical institutions combination of social and political factors were introduced into the housea political structure for example the offices of the galadima senior counselor mwaki Palace administrator magaji overseer dogar guard and zagi orderly have roots in the islamization of houseand during the two centuries the judicial and fiscal systems were similarly influenced by Islam such titles Concepts and institutions as The Alkali or the cadii judge zakat tax on income jangali tax on livestock became commonplace in the administration of the state the three most important House of rulers at the wake of the 15th century were those of Koo Zaria and katsina which adopt Ed Islam in their political as well as well as social and economic systems likely ask questions and answers one can you recognize who is depicted in figure answer it may well be a warrior of some sort or a hunter or charmer here it represents the hero by AA Legend fighting the evil snake two identifies the expanse of the sokoto caliphate and map out its boundaries answer the sakoto caliphate is bound to the Northwest by goir and Borno to the Northeast in the South it extended to the old oo and crosses the [Music] [Music] benu