How Fulani Jihadists used Hausa language as a powerful tool of conquest and subjugation of Northern Nigerian nationalities

How Fulani Jihadists used Hausa language as a powerful tool of conquest and subjugation of Northern Nigerian nationalities

In the northern part of Nigeria two vessels were used as vehicles for conquest by the Fulani: religion and language.  Islam was imposed by the force of arms and the use of the sword by Sheik Usman Dan Fodio whilst hausa, the language of the conquered people of the old Habe kingdom, was adopted as the official language of the new Fulani caliphate.