Question

similarities between the Hausa, igbo and Yoruba

Answer 1

Tribes of the Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba share certain parallels in this issue. Despite the fact that most families are huge, the mothers and their children always have a tight relationship. It should be noted that family life is regarded as the cornerstone of the Yoruba and Igbo cultures.

Several of the commonalities between the two are as follows:

• Monarchy: Each Yoruba kingdom had a monarch, known as an Oba or Baale, but each Hausa/Fulani kingdom or emirate had a sultan, known as an emir.
• Each of the two systems had a central office. Alaafin of Oyo was essentially an emperor because Oyo was for a long time the center of the Yoruba political structure.
• After Uthman Dan Fodio conquered the Hausa/Fulani emirates, Sokoto and Gwandu served as the two ultimate capitals, and the Caliph/Sultan of Sokoto essentially assumed the role of the emperor.
• Both regimes had well-organized armies, and the king was the only one who could choose their commanders. In Yoruba kingdoms, the title is Aare-Ona-kakanfo or Balogun; in the caliphate, it is Madawaska.
• Both systems relied on heredity for the succession process.

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