Hausa-Zinder

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West Africa in 1050 CE by upvoteanthology

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Name: Kullum (meaning steadfast)

Disclaimer: This historical explanation will be done in the Hetalia format much like the other character pieces. All individuals are representative of a culture or nation's history. This is a character that currently resides in the state of Niger.

Further note: Though Niger and Nigeria are close to each other, they are not pronounced the same way. Niger was a French colony, Nigeria was a British colony. So when you see the word Niger think of how a French speaking individual would say the word. (The German pronunciation is a bit unfortunate). Same goes for the people, Nigerians (English) is pronounced different from Nigeriens (French).


In the early 400CE Hausa-Zinder and his sibling Hausa-Kano left the Nubian empire to find their own territory and settled in the land that lay between Northern Nigeria and Southern Niger. The two encountered Tuareg and through him engaged in the Trans-Saharan trade with Egypt, Rome and several other classical to early Medieval societies. During the 10th century the two brothers built a kingdom called the Kingdom of Kano that was to rival the kingdom that used to belong to the Nok and the Sokoto that formerly inhabited the region they resided in. Zinder was an expert in building houses out of sand and was responsible for a lot of architecture whilst Kano was an accomplished metallurgist. This attracted the attention of the Kanem-Bornu empire who after meeting them, converted the two to Islam. The two brothers wee never able to expand for a period due to being surrounded by several large empires such as the Songhai Empire of which they were made a vassal of. During the medieval period they were ordered by the members of the Songhai Empire (Zarma, Songhai and new entry Tuareg) to make incursions towards the Oyo-Kingdom (belonging to Oyo-Yoruba) and the Benin Kingdom (belonging to Edo-Benin).

Once the large empires surrounding them lost their power in the 16th century (due to the members of the Fulani family taking over the various empires) Zinder and Kano were able to rapidly expand their borders, encountering other nations and making vassals of them. Among these vassals were Fulani-Fula, Fulani-Woodabe, Gobir, Katsina and Daura. In the mid-18th century Zinder left the newly-christened Hausaland and moved into lower Niger to found the Zinder region in 1736. In this new nation he had created he found himself competing with Zarma and occasionally with Tuareg for economic dominance in the region. To make himself notable he was able to build a mighty fortress that acted as a trading hub, which allowed him to trade with Kano for resources. For more than half a century he was able to expand his trade network and influence allowing him to dominate half of the country that would become Niger whilst keeping in communication with large Empires such as the Bornu Empire (Kanem was gone by this time), the Darfur Sultanate, Ouaddai Empire and the Kingdom of Baguirmi.

This prosperity would not last as Fulani-Fula would take over Hausa-Kano's kingdom, the latest in the series of Fulani Jihads in the 1800s. Fulani-Fula destroyed what remained of the Bornu Empire, and Zinder knew that Fula would set her sights on his own territory. He formed an alliance with Tuareg and Zarma in order to repel Fula which the three were able to manage. This alliance managed to hold them together until 1893. Then everything changed when France broke their previous trade agreement and decided to conquer the nation after the full analysis of the research done on the area by explorers Mungo Park (England) and Heinrich Barth (Germany) who had just mapped the entirety of the Niger river (pronounced in the English format). France was rapid and swift and able to take the territories by storm, finishing his campaign in 1922 and naming the region Niger after he had beaten Tuareg.

Zinder however had been conquered in 1911 at the end of the Franco-Hausa wars (1899-1911) and was thrust into the West African Campaign, marching into French Cameroun during the First World War (1914-1918). From the 1920s to the 1930s he was not allowed administrative power of his own unlike his brother Hausa-Kano in Nigeria and he nearly led a revolt alongside Zarma forcing the economically weakened France to allow him to have personal governing power though it was still more limited than he would have liked. In the late 1930s he was ordered by France along with Zarma to help him watch the actions of Germany in the Rhineland and was prepared to fight Germany. To his surprise France surrendered to Germany after Germany went around the barrier that France and Germany had set up. Not wanting to be subjugated to Germany he aided the French resistance movement and was able to help repel the Germans out of French territory. He would later be sent back to aid in the West and East African campaigns of World War 2.

At the end of the war Zinder and the others sensed that France would not be able to sustain his grip on all the colonies for too long so they applied a lot of social pressure to him. He was able to convince the French Parliament to pass a reform allowing him and his allies voting rights and more self-government. In 1958 France held a referendum for all of the French colonies to ask if they would still be willing to be part of a large French community. Zinder and Zarma voted yes while Tuareg voted no. This allowed Zinder and Zarma to have a more active role and on July 11 1960 Niger was granted independence.

Zinder relished in the freedom and gained France's favour which allowed him to gain power over Zarma and Tuareg (for a few months). Zinder along with new Zarma president Hamani Diori was able to gain renown through most of the African continent for his willingness to interject in conflicts that were taking place around the continent. Zinder however refused to fight alongside Hausa-Kano in the Biafran war that was occurring in Nigeria from 1967-1970. However Zarma's rule was hampered by a heavy drought and Zinder was often asked to put down coups by Tuareg and other protestors. Relations with France soured when Zarma complained to France about the production of Uranium in the nation for France's nuclear program. Zinder began to follow Tuareg's idea of discontent as Zarma tried to consolidate more power but failed to improve the internal infrastructure of the state of Niger. Voicing his opinion on Zarma's ruling representative Hamani Diori he was able to convince Zarma to allow another Zarma man Hausa felt was good for the job (Seyni Kountché) to take over on April 15 1974.

The new government was not without its own problems but it was a marked improvement but Zinder and Tuareg were still not allowed as much say as they would like. Fed up with the situation Tuareg decided to break away and form his own nation state with his counterpart in Mali doing the same thing. The Tuareg (2nd iteration) rebellions lasted from 1990-1995 with Zinder putting an end to it forcing the nation to become more democratic though true municipal elections would not take place until 2007. Dissatisfied with the situation Tuareg rebelled again in 2007 with Zinder having to repeat the same function again and would occur again in 2012. A proper democracy would not be truly attained until 2011 with the three groups, Hausa-Zinder, Tuareg and Zarma finally attaining a lasting piece.


Relationship with Europe: Friendly with France and Belgium

Relationship with other nations/tribes: Tense with Tuareg, respect for Zarma, siblings with Hausa-Kano, wary of Fulani-Fula.

Likes: Architecture, warfare, politics and art

Religion: Devout Muslim