Usman dan Fodio
Teacher and revolutionary
Shehu Usman ɗan Fodio pronunciation was a Fulani scholar, Islamic religious teacher, revolutionary and a philosopher who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first caliph. After the successful revolution, the "Jama'a" gave him the title... Wikipedia
Born: December 15, 1754, Gobir
Died: April 20, 1817 (age 62 years), Sokoto, Nigeria
Children: Muhammed Bello, Nana Asmaʼu, and Abu Bakr Atiku
Grandchildren: Ali Babba bin Bello, Abubakar II Atiku na Raba, and Aliu Karami
Parents: Hawwa bint Muhammad ibn Usman and Muhammad ibn Salih
Hausa (Ajami): عُثْمَانْ طَࢽْ ࢻُودِیُواْ