Kontagora

The country around Kontagora lies east of the Niger River, between the lands of Yauri, Nupe and the southern Hausa states. Before the rise of the town itself, the wider region contained numerous communities and small chiefdoms. Kambari and Yawuri peoples lived in the central country, with Kamuku and Gwari communities farther east and Dakarkari to the north. Their lands formed a meeting place between the Niger valley and the savannas of Hausaland, where political authority was distributed among several neighbouring rulers.