Birnin Kudu

Birnin Kudu stands among rocky hills in the country southeast of Kano. Shelters in its rocks contain paintings of cattle, including long-horned and short-horned animals, as well as other figures and signs. At Dutsen Mesa, painted images overlap in different colours, while stones that ring when struck are found within a shelter. The age of the paintings is uncertain, but they preserve evidence of an older world of cattle keeping in northern Nigeria. These images make the shelters a remarkable record of the people who once lived among the hills.