Dutse

Dutse takes its Hausa name from the rocky country around it, where blocks of igneous rock lie across the ground and low hills break the plains. Hausa farmers grew sorghum and millet on the land and traded at local markets, while caravans carried salt, kola and livestock across the savanna. The town lay within the Hausa states that looked toward Kano and Hadejia, and its rulers governed through ward heads, tax collectors and Islamic courts.