John M. Tele

THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MANGU TOWN SINCE 1908

The paper examined the history of Islam in Mangu town since 1908. The history of Islam in Mangu town spanned over a century. It was introduced during the colonial period, but this was after a failed jihad by the first emir of Bauchi emirate in the 1840s. This later accelerated in the post independence period as a result of the Sardauna conversion c...