Kurmi Market

Kurmi Market

The Kurmi Market is a large market in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. Founded by Muhammad Rumfa, a King of Kano, in the fifteenth century, it is still in use in the twenty-first century. [cite web |url= http://www.nhm.org/africa/tour/desert/030.htm|title= Caravans Across the Desert: Marketplace|accessdate=2007-05-06 |work= AFRICA: One Continent. Many Worlds |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation] As of 2003, Sale Ayagi was chairman of the market's unions. [cite news |first= Tadaferua |last=Ujorha |title= Kano’s 500-year-old market |url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/apr/09/0301.html |work=Daily Trust |publisher= Biafra Nigeria World|date=2003-05-09 |accessdate=2007-11-01 ]

Kurmi Market has lent its name to a football team. [cite news |first= Henry|last=Ogbuagu |title= All Stars host Kurmi Market today|url=http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/archive/ST26112006/all26112006.htm |work=Daily Triumph |publisher=Triumph Publishing Company |date=2006-11-26 |accessdate=2007-11-01 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/sets/72157600349262367/ Gallery of Kano] at flickr.com, including several photographs of the market


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kano — /kah noh/, n. a city in N Nigeria. 300,000. * * * City (pop., 1991: 2,166,554), northern Nigeria. Its traditional founder was Kano, a blacksmith of the Gaya people who in ancient times came to Dalla Hill in search of iron. It became the capital… …   Universalium

  • Kumbari dan Sharefa — (reigned 1731–1743) was a Hausa King ( Sarkin ) of Kano. He succeeded Mohammed Sharef and is remembered for his high taxation on the Kurmi market. [cite book |last=Ajayi |first=J. F. Ade |coauthors=Michael Crowder and R.A. Adeleye, chapter author …   Wikipedia

  • Kano — Infobox City |official name = Kano nickname= image caption = image pushpin mapsize = 250px map caption = Map of Nigeria showing the location of Kano imagesize = 240px image caption = Kano seen from Dala Hill subdivision type = State subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • Muhammad Rumfa — was Emir of the Hausa city state Kano, located in modern day Kano State, northern Nigeria. He reigned from 1463 until 1499.[1] Among Rumfa s accomplishments were extending the city walls, building a large palace, the Gidan Rumfa, promoting slaves …   Wikipedia

  • Jamalpur District — Infobox of BD districts native name = Jamalpur skyline = skyline size = skyline caption = locator position = right latd = 24.92 longd = 89.96 division name = Dhaka Division population as of = 1991 population total = 2,089,366 population density …   Wikipedia

  • Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) — Malwa (Malvi: माळवा , IAST: Māļavā) is a region in west central northern India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin in the western part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This region had been a separate political unit from the time of the Aryan… …   Wikipedia

  • Damoh — This article is about the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India. For its namesake district, see Damoh District. Damoh   city   …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”