Daurama
Daurama or Magajiya Daurama was a ruler of the Hausa people who, as the Last Kabara of Daura, presided over the upheaval that saw a transference of power from the matriarchal royal system of the Hausa people. Oral traditions remember her as the founding "queen grandmother" of the Hausa empire started in the area we know today as the monarchies of northern Niger and Nigeria. The story of Magajiva Daurama is partially told in the legend of Bayajidda.
Magajiva Daurama ruled a state known as Daura, after a town with the same name. The town of Daura is today an emirate in Katsina State, Nigeria. Tsohon Birni was the original capital of the state; Daurama moved the capital to the town of Daura, which is named after her.
