BRIEF HISTORY OF SABUWAR ANGUWA.
From the North it slopes down to River Kamacha
A place where young and old are
Free of Kleptomania
They named it New Quarter
And we call it in Hausa Sabuwar Anguwa.
Sabuwar Anguwa is one of the lands of Zazzau, under Tukur-Tukur ward, an old historical outskirt of Zazzau. “Sabuwar Anguwa” is a Hausa name meaning a new quarter. Its first resident (founder) was said to be one faggot (Dandaudu) Alhaji Audu dan Biji.
POSITION
Sabuwar Anguwa is northwest, about 21/2 KM away from Kofar Doka, the main and one of the eight gates(1) of the ancient and historical Zazzau town.
It shares the same boundary with Kwarin Dangoma on the East, Magume on the West, some parts of Pampo and Kwarin Gogau on the South and Tudun-Jukun on the North.
RAIN AND TEMPERATURE
As it is one of the lands of Zazzau, the average rainfall of the quarter is 43.6 inches starting in April and ending in October. The monthly mean maximum temperature varies from 95.4F in April to 81.1oF in August. The monthly mean minimum temperature runs from 71.2oF in April to 56.6oF in December and January. (2)
TRIBES
Ninety-Seven percent (97%) of the people in the quarter are Hausa with few Yoruba, Igbo and other tribes.
RELIGION
The presence of eight (8) prominent mosques, eleven attached to some houses, shows that majority (98%) of the people living in the quarter are Muslims. One of the oldest mosques in the quarter is “Masallacin Yan Darika na bakin titi” (darika sect mosque by the road side) where Malam Abdu Mai Halilan was Imam until his death in 1984. he is a well known scholar fond of reciting “Ish’riniya” a book eulogizing Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.).
SCHOOLS
L.E.A primary school Tudun Jukun now L.G.E.A Sani Adamu, founded in 1960, was the first primary school in the quarter.
L.G.E.A SANI ADAMU AS AT 11/12/2014
In 1985, a philanthropist Alhaji Bako Zuntu built an Islamiyya and primary school in the quater.
In 1994 Government Junior Secondary School came into existence. In 1995, Bako Zuntu Junior secondary School was established.
There are six (6) famous Qur’anic schools (Makarantar Allo) in the quarter where pupils learn how to write and recite the Glorious Qur’an on tablets (Allo) these schools are:
i. Makarantar Malam Idi. Sited in front of Abdullahi Gwani’s Hausa at inception, and relocated later to Kofar Gidan Dan Dada (now kofar Gidan Garba mai kwai).
ii. Makarantar Malam Sule Alaramma
iii. Makarantar Malam Iliya
iv. Makarantar Malam Sani
v. Makarantar Malam mai almajirai layin Bako Zuntu and
vi. Makarantar Malam Haruna
The famous trading center of the quarter is
“Yan Kwanoni” at the extreme southeast of the quarter.
LEADERSHIP
Mai Anguwa” (Quarter head) is the traditional ruler whom the quarter is under his control. He is under the authority of Hakimin Tukur-Tukur. The first mai Anguwa was Malam Sule Dan Wanzan who was succeeded by the present mai Anguwa Malam Alhassan on his leaving before his death at Giwa. Malam Alhassan is now succeeded by Alhaji Kasimu.
ELDERS OF THE QUATER
There are many reputable and respected personals in the quater, the like of:
Alhaji Bako Zuntu
Alhaji Shehu Rikadawa (of blessed memory)
Malam Sani Alaramma
Malam Jibril Miskiinii
Malam Sahabi Mai Itace
Alhaji Shehu Taya and may others
SPORTS AND FESTIVALS
The two Eids of Ad’ha and Fitr are the festivals celebrated in the quarter. This is because almost all the people in the quarter are Muslims..
L.E.A Tudun Jukun football field had hosted many football clubs of the quarter. Some of these clubs worthy to remember are:
• Taron Malamai Football Club
• Sabuwar Anguwa United (S.A.U)
• Alheri Football Club
• Mighty Sparrow football Club
• Boys International Club
• Flash Football Club
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© M.M Yarima Nakumbo
1. Others are Kofar Bai, Kofar Galadima, Kofar Gayan, Kofar Jatau, Kofar Kibo, Kofar Kona and Kofar Kuyan Bana.
2. Madauci Ibrahim Bagudu – History of the lands of Zazzau
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