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🧵10/10 The Kano City Walls deserve greater recognition as one of Africa's remarkable engineering achievements.
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Question: If fully restored, should the Kano City Walls become a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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🧵9/10 The Kano City Walls were more than military defenses. They symbolized authority, protected commerce, and reflected the urban planning that helped Kano flourish for centuries.

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🧵8/10 Today, parts of the Kano City Walls and several historic gates still survive. They remain among the most important physical reminders of the ingenuity of pre-colonial Hausaland.

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🧵7/10 German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Kano in the 1850s, described it as one of the largest and best-organized cities in Central Sudan, with impressive walls and vibrant markets.

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🧵6/10 The walls were expanded and maintained by successive rulers, showing that Kano's growth was the result of centuries of planning, organization, and investment—not a single generation's work.

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🧵5/10 As trans-Saharan trade flourished, merchants carrying salt, textiles, leather, gold, and kola nuts passed through Kano. The city walls helped safeguard one of West Africa's busiest commercial centers.

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🧵4/10 Kano was not just protected by walls—it had monumental city gates known as Kofa. These gates controlled who entered and left the city and helped regulate trade and security.

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🧵3/10 The walls were made from Tubali (sun-dried mud bricks) and earth. Their impressive height and thickness made them a formidable defensive system while reflecting the engineering skills of Hausa builders.

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🧵2/10 Construction of the Kano City Walls is traditionally linked to the reign of Sarki Gijimasu (c. 1095–1134), with later rulers expanding them over centuries. They were built to protect Kano's people, markets, and growing prosperity.

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🧵1/10 🧱 Most people know the Great Wall of China... but did you know Africa had one of its greatest fortified cities?
For centuries, the Kano City Walls protected one of West Africa's most powerful trading capitals. Here's the story. 🧵👇

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🧱 Most people have heard of the Great Wall of China. But how many know that Kano was protected by one of Africa's greatest fortified city walls for centuries?

Built long before colonial rule, the Kano City Walls stood as a symbol of engineering, commerce, and the resilience of a great African civilization.

Let's uncover the story. 🧵👇

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Wasu suna ganin laka kawai. Masana tarihi kuwa suna ganin ɗaya daga cikin manyan al'adun gine-gine na Afirka. Ka zo mu gano yadda Hausawa suka mayar da laka zuwa manyan gine-gine masu ɗorewa da suka zama abin alfaharin Arewacin Najeriya tsawon ƙarnuka.

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