Birni-N'Konni

Birni-N'Konni, the walled town of Konni, stands west of the seasonal Maggia River in the northern reaches of Hausaland. It was the centre of a small Hausa state whose lands lay among the larger kingdoms of the savanna. Its position on routes through southern Niger connected it with other Hausa communities, while traditional granaries reflect the importance of the surrounding agricultural country. Around 1750 Konni came under the power of Gobir. Early in the nineteenth century forces of the Sokoto Caliphate overran and sacked it, another episode in the struggles that reshaped the Hausa states.