Usman Nagogo

Usman Nagogo dan Muhammad Dikko, K.B.E., C.M.G. [cite news |first=Alfred Jr. |last=Friendly |title= Polo Continues to Be Informal Affair in Lagos; Two Princes Among High Dignitaries at Tournament |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60712F93F541B7B93C7AB1789D85F4C8685F9 |work=The New York Times |publisher= The New York Times Company |page=S9 |date=1968-02-25 |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] (1905-March 18, 1981) was Emir of Katsina ("Sarkin Katsina") from May 19, 1944 until his death. He succeeded his father, Muhammadu Dikko, as emir, and was succeeded by his son, Muhammadu Kabir Usman.

Education

Nagogo commenced his education under Islamic scholar Attahiru, who taught the future emir and his brother in Katsina's Gambarawa Quarters. He commenced his elementary education in 1921 at Katsina Provincial School, but was interrupted by his father's visit to England, where the two met George V of the United Kingdom. [cite book |title=Islam And Colonialism: Intellectual Responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British Colonial Rule |last= Umar|first= Muhammad Sani |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=u0oHqOooEfAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA104&ots=QAj8UhsnEp&sig=B8cAzQHqLBVQEqQVz1jpPkmnmN4#PPA147,M1 |year=2006 |chapter=Emirs' Responses to the Political Challenges of Colonialism|publisher= Brill Publishers |isbn= 9004125884] He graduated from the provincial school in 1923, after which he taught there for six months.cite web |url= http://www.katsinaemirate.com/emir_of_katsina_alhaji_sir.htm |title= Emir of Katsina Alhaji (Sir) Usman Nagogo |accessdate=2007-12-30 |work=KatsinaEmirate.com |publisher=Katsina Emirate Council]

Political career and time as emir

Nagogo was appointed to position of Native Authority Police Chief in 1929; during his term he expanded the police department by erecting new buildings and hiring more officers. In 1937, he became the District Head of Katsina Metropolis.

Nagogo was officially installed as the tenth Emir of Katsina by Arthur Richards, Governor of Northern Nigeria, on May 19, 1944, although he had succeeded his deceased father to the position in March. The same year, he visited England, Egypt, India, and Burma; in Burma, he met with Nigerians in the Royal West African Frontier Force (fighting for the United Kingdom as part of the Chindits).

On January 12, 1946, King George VI of the United Kingdom appointed him as a federal minister of the colony. He was a regional minister without portfolio from 1952 until the military coup of 1966, which one of his sons, Hassan Katsina was involved in.

Life President of the Nigerian Polo Association, Nagogo was one of pioneers of indigenous Nigerian polo; as of 2002, his handicap of +7 is still the highest of any African. [cite news |first=Ernest |last=Ekpenyong |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Commendable Strides in Polo, Golf |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/10/02/20021002spo08.html |work= Thisday online|publisher=Leaders & Company |date= 2002-10-02|accessdate=2007-12-30 ] He was at one point chairman of Muslim religious organization Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI). [cite book |title= Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria |last= Loimeier |first=Roman |year= 1997 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |page=144 |isbn=0810113465 ]

Family

Nagogo's mother was Hassatu, from Katsina.

One of Nagogo's sons, Muhammadu Kabir Usman (born January 1928), succeeded his father as emir upon Nagogo's death, and was emir as of 2006; Kabir received his name from Arab cleric Sherif Gudid, a friend of Nagogo. [cite web |url=http://www.katsinaemirate.com/index.htm |title=Katsina Emirate Home |accessdate=2007-12-30 |work=KatsinaEmirate.com |publisher=Katsina Emirate Council] Another son, Hassan Katsina (born 1933), joined the Nigerian Army, eventually rising to the position of Major General.cite web |last= Omoigui |first=Nowa |url= http://www.dawodu.com/katsina1.htm |title=January 15, 1966: The role of Major Hassan Usman Katsina |accessdate=2007-12-30 |work=Dawodu.com ]

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* [http://sirismm.si.edu/eepa/eep/eepa_01898.jpgImage of Nagogo]