Kotonkoro

Kotonkoro lies in the country between Yauri and Kontagora, on the southern edge of Hausaland. The wider region was home to communities speaking Kamuku and other languages, as well as peoples whose histories connected them with the neighbouring Hausa kingdoms. Traditions among Kamuku communities recall origins in places including Zaria, Kwatarkwashi and Kebbi. This diversity reflects a landscape of settlements and local chiefs that lay between the Niger valley and the Hausa states. Kotonkoro formed part of that world of neighbouring communities before the later rise of Kontagora.