Amina

Drawn from the journey of the legendary warrior Queen Amina, who ruled Zazzau (now Zaria) for 34 years. The first daughter of empire-builder Barkwa Turunku, Amina nurses a burning ambition: to sit as queen over an empire stretching from Kano to the River Niger, from Idah to Jukunland - in an age of female subjugation that would allow no woman to dream such a dream.

From warrior-princess to supreme military commander, from sorrowful lover to crafty politician, Amina must suppress natural feeling to convince a sceptical empire of her ability to make its long-cherished dream of dominance real. Co-authored by Okey Ogunjiofor and Sola Ojewusi, this novel is an advocacy tool for the empowerment of the girl-child and women in Africa.