IDNO

LS.125292.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Nigeria (N.). XLVII.3
58.
N. Nigeria.
"Attahiru Sarikin Muslimin (’Commder of the faithful’) Emir of Sokoto. He is a Fulani on the paternal side, being the great grandson of Othman Dan Fodio founder of the Fulani empire; but his mother and grandmother were I believe Negro women & he himself has lost all Fulani characteristics - light complexion, straight hair, etc.
The man not on the mat is the Waziri (Visier or prime minister) of Sokoto, & he is also a Fulani.
I presume his family has retained its racial purity: at any rate he exhibits well the racial characteristics. He is quite blind and very old.
about 1900.
Major A.N. Burdon."

On Leading Catalogue Card: "Nigeria.
Most of the Nigerian slides with white labels are those of A.J.N. Tremearne."

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Northern Nigeria; Sokoto

Cultural Affliation

Fulani

Named Person

Attahiru Sarikin Muslimin (’Commander of the faithful’) Emir of Sokoto; Othman Dan Fodio founder of the Fulani empire

Photographer

?Burdon, A.N. (Major)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1900

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: The Fulani Emirates of Northern Nigeria
J. A. Burdon
The Geographical Journal , Vol. 24, No. 6 (Dec., 1904), pp. 636-651
Published by: The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1776255. [JD 12/8/2013]