Murray Last
Murray Last masani ne na tarihi kuma kwararre a fannin kiwon lafiya wanda ya fi mayar da hankali kan Arewacin Najeriya.A halin yanzu Farfesa Emeritus ne a Sashen Nazarin Anthropology,Kwalejin Jami'ar London. Ya samu digirin digirgir ne a jami’ar Ibadan a shekarar 1964,inda ya zama daya daga cikin wadanda suka fara samun digirin digirgir a jami’ar Najeriya.[1] Nnamdi Azikiwe,shugaban kasar Najeriya a lokacin jamhuriyar Najeriya ta farko ne ya ba shi digirin digirgir.
An fi sanin Farfesa Last a matsayin babban malamin daular Sakkwato.Ya fara zuwa Sakkwato ne a shekarar 1961 inda ya karanci tsofaffin litattafai a dakunan karatu a hedkwatar rusasshiyar Halifanci da Sheikh Usman Danfodio ya kafa. Maigirma Waziri Junaidu na Sakkwato ya yi masa nasiha da koyar da shi.Karkashin Waziri,Murray Last ya zama farar fata na farko da ya sami cikakkiyar dama ga dogon tarihin ilimi na wannan zamani mai ban sha'awa. Babban masanin tarihi,HFC Smith,shi ne ya ba da shawarar Last don nazarin Viziers na Sakkwato.[2]
Unitl 1964,daular Usman dan Fodio,ita ce kasa mafi girma a Afirka kafin mulkin mallaka, ana kiranta daular Fulani a duniyar masu magana da turanci kuma a duniyar Faransanci ana kiranta l'empire peul.Masana tarihi,masana tarihi na Najeriya da sauran masana na lokacin ne suka yanke shawarar sake yiwa jihar lakabin saboda suna ganin tana bukatar “lokacin da ya dace na Musulunci don kafa kasar Musulunci yadda ya kamata”.Koyaya, sake yin lakabin bai taɓa kasancewa a hukumance ba.Murray Last ne ya zabi "Khalifancin Sokoto" a matsayin taken tarihinsa na jaha,kuma daga nan ne aka fara amfani da Khalifancin Sokoto a duk duniya.