Andrew Walker: What is the nature of Usman dan Fodio’s Jihad?

by Andrew Walker El-Kanemi saved his most withering attack for last. Far from being a religious reformist, the Shehu must be desirous of something else entirely; worldly power. In 1808 forces loyal to the Fulani scholar Shehu Usman dan Fodio advanced on Bornu, one of the great Muslim empires of West Africa, rolling it right back... Read More