Daura

Daura is one of the old Hausa centres of the western Sudan, surrounded by the cultivated plains of northern Hausaland. Its royal traditions give it a special place in the story of the Hausa kingdoms. At the Kusugu well, a tale tells of the stranger Bayajidda, who killed a serpent that had denied the people access to water. He married the queen Daurama, and their descendants are remembered as founders of the Hausa ruling houses. The story joins the town’s well and royal lineage to a history shared across the region.