Alhaji Ahmadu Bello: The Sarduana of Sokoto

Posted by System Administrator on 24 May 1989

Modified by System Administrator on 21 Mar 2024

Alhaji Ahmadu Bello: The Sarduana of Sokoto

Sir Gawain Westray Bell was Governor of Northern Nigeria from 1957-1962. There he worked closely with Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto, who was a keen supporter of Fives in Northern Nigeria. The extracts below come from his book "An Imperial Twilight", which was published in 1989.

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Alhaji Ahmadu Bello on the courts in Kaduna

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Gawain Bell and a copy of his 1989 book