AUMinatou, owayezoba yi-heba lama-24 likaZazzaou (igama elinikezwe ababusi bezwe) wayesemncane eneminyaka engu-16 lapho ubaba wakhe, uMagajiya Bakwa Turunku, eba yinkosi yama-22 yaseZazzaou. Umama wakhe uba yindlovukazi bese ethatha isinqumo sokuqamba kabusha igama ledolobha "Zaria", kusuka egameni lokuqala likadadewabo ka-Aminatou amthanda kakhulu. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukayise, izwe lizoba nesikhathi sokuthula nokuchuma, yize leli lakamuva lizohlela imikhankaso ethile yezempi ngombono wokuhweba. Imisebenzi yale ntokazi engu-Aminatu ngalesi sikhathi ayifani neze naleyo yezinye izintombi ezilingana naye. Ngempela, uchitha isikhathi esiningi eziqeqesha namasosha ebutho likayise kunokukhathazeka ngokubukeka kwakhe noma ukuphupha ngeNkosana Ethandekayo. Futhi akukhona ukuthi uyindodakazi yenkosi, noma ngoba kufanele, kepha kungenxa yokuthi u-Aminatu unothando: ubuciko bempi.
U-Aminatou (noma u-Amina) wayehlala ekhulwini le-16 emadolobheni aseHausa (enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNigeria yanamuhla) ehlanganisa izifunda zaseBiram, iDaoura, iKatsina, iZazzaou (noma iZaria), iKano, iRano, neGobir, futhi ababephethe ukuhwebelana kwe-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara. Wayengowokholo lwamaSulumane futhi wabusa uZaria (noma uZazzaou) iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-34. Izazi-mlando azikwazi ukuvumelana ngemininingwane yendaba yakhe, futhi abanye bayaphikisana ngokuthi wayeyindlovukazi. Nokho, incwadi ethi Chronicles of Kano, iqoqo lemibhalo yesiHausa engaziwa, isitshela ngezigigaba zale ndlovukazi eyiqhawe edumile.
Ekushoneni kukayise, ngo-1566, futhi ngokwesiko lamaHausa, umfowabo omncane uKarama waba yinkosi yaseZazzaou. Kodwa-ke, uKarama wabusa iminyaka eyishumi kuphela lapho eshona ngokuzuma, eshiya isihlalo ku-Aminatu owathatha indawo yakhe ngaphandle kokungabaza. Abekho abantu noma amasosha ebutho likaZazzau abakwesabayo ukukhuphukela kwakhe esihlalweni sobukhosi, ngoba u-Aminatou useveze izipho ezingejwayelekile kwezobuciko bezempi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unikezwe amandla omzimba angenakuqhathaniswa amnikeza isidlaliso "sowesifazane onamandla njengendoda". Eqinisweni, u-Aminatou wayeseke wahola abagibeli bamahhashi babantu bakhe amahlandla amaningi ngesikhathi sokubusa komfowabo.
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