Houssa

Houssa

Houssa ko Housa ( Arabic هوسا ), sun ne da mutanen yammacin duniya suka bawa wani birni mai girma da ke a Afirka, a gefen kogin Neja. A wata majiyar ana danganta Houssa a matsayin garin Gao.

Ezekiel Blomfield ya bayyana birnin kamar haka:

"Wani birni da aka yi bikin a cikin Afirka shi ne Houssa, hedkwatar daular Afirka da ke gabar tekun Nijar, birnin da ya fara sha'awar masana kimiyya tun lokacin da aka fara ambatonsa ga wani kwamiti na kungiyar Afirka, game da shi. shekara ta 1790. Wanda suka samu bayanan daga wurinsu Balarabe ne, mai suna Shabeni; kamar yadda iliminsa ya fadada) ta hanyar Landan da Alkahira ; ta cibiyoyi na wasu jami'an gado, waɗanda ayyukansu suna kama da na Canongoes na Hindostan, kuma waɗanda mahimman ayyukansu masu rikitarwa ke nuna wayewar da ba a saba gani ba. gyare-gyare ga masu kasuwancin Houssa Larabawa sun nuna girmamawa mafi girma; amma ya ce, cikin fushi, an shigar da matan a cikin al'umma, kuma darajar miji ba ta da tabbas. Daga cikin haruffan da aka rubuta su bai sani ba face cewa ya bambanta da haruffan Larabci da na Ibrananci; amma ya wakilci fasahar rubutu kamar yadda aka saba a Houssa. Sa’ad da ya kwatanta yadda ake yin tukwanen su, ya ba da kansa, ba da saninsa ba, wakilci na tsohuwar ƙafar Girkawa .”

Lokacin da Mungo Park ya dawo daga Afirka zuwa Landan a cikin 1797, Times ta yi kuskure ta sanar da cewa ya sami Houssa. Labarin Major Houghton na Houssa yana misalta wasu ruɗani a kusa da sunan Houssa.

"Bayanin Mista Magra, wanda aka samu daga 'yan kasuwa da suka ziyarci sassan tsakiyar Afirka, sannan kuma a Tunis, sun kwatanta Houssa a matsayin kasa, ba birni ba ; kuma duk sun sanya shi a kudancin Tunis : tsakanin Cashnah da Tunis. Tombuctoo .​​​ Shabeni ya ce, Houssa yana cikin Sudan: amma kamar yadda na dauki cikin Sudan ta zama yanki, wanda ya hada da rabe-raben siyasa da dama, da kuma Cashnah a cikin sauran; wadannan bayanai sun nuna cewa akwai kasa irin ta Houssa: haka kuma, daga na Mamadoo, da kuma rahoton Shabeni na cewa akwai wani gari mai suna iri daya, haka ma."

Kara karantawa

• Mungo Park, Rapport des marchands sur le pays du Moyen-Niger