Origin And Development Of Birnin Tudu Settlement

Origin And Development Of Birnin Tudu Settlement

Chapter One

Preface

Brinin Tudu vill is a pastoral agreement presently under Gummi original government area in Zamfara state. It’s about Twenty One( 21) kilometers down from Gummi city. Gummi city is located along latitude( Lat, 12o06N). the vill is girdled by a number of agreement that included Daki- Takwas, kwamma, Nasarawa Kifi, Falale, Birnin Magaji, Iyaka, kaiwa and Zauma all in the Gummi original government, with the exception Zauma which is in Bukkyyum original government of Zamfara state. It’s framed in the east by Zauma, in the South by Daki- Takwas, in the North by Birnin Magaji, while it partake border in the West with Iyaka. Birin Tudu is headed by a vill head with the title of “ Sarkin Zauma ”.1

A visual observation of the agreement will reveal series of houses erected with different type of accoutrements . The predominant structure type I the slush structure along traditional line. Other forms of structure include those of cement blocks, embedded with corrugated iron; also some houses are made up with either complexion or sticks.

Birnin Tudu settelemt was said to have been innovated by a group of Zamfara nimrods( who came in 1524) from “ TUNFAF ” vill in present day Talata Mafara original government area in Zamfara state. Some of the consummate leaders of the group include Dankofo, Dansumba and Bamurna. The Name of the agreement was deduced from the position of the area, because it’s positioned in the advanced land, which in Hausa language is regard to As “ Tudu. ” 2

Birnin Tudu agreement envelops both Agriculturalist and pastoralist, other profitable conditioning that are rehearsed in the area also included Black Smiting,, Bricklaying, Barbing and leather work. The predominant profitable exertion of the women members of the society included weaving( Saka) and spinning( Zare).3

Statement Of Problem

In malignancy of the longs being History of Birnin- Tudu, dating back to 16thC. a literal accounts of the area is yet to be written. This could be attributed to the absence of written document, which some pens consider as the only dependable accoutrements for sourcing History.

still, there are several literal inquiries on the townlets agreements girding the areas of study, similar as Daki- takwas, Zauma, Gummi, Nasarawar kifi, Zugu among others. It’s in an trouble to fill in this Lacuna in the socio- profitable and political History of the area that this exploration set out to document the History of Birinin Tudu.

Aim And objects

The Major end of this exploration is to study the literal origin and development of Birnin Tudu specifically it intend to

1. Trace the literal origin of the vill.

2. Examine the socio- profitable and political development of the vill. In substance thus, this study will give the experimenter and general public likewise a modest literal public likewise a modest literal of Birnin tudu vill.