Kurmi Market

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The Kurmi Market is a large market in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. Founded by Muhammad Rumfa, a King of Kano, in the fifteenth century, it is still in use in the twenty-first century.[1] As of 2003, Sale Ayagi was chairman of the market's unions.[2]

Kurmi Market has lent its name to a football team.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Caravans Across the Desert: Marketplace. AFRICA: One Continent. Many Worlds. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
  2. ^ Ujorha, Tadaferua. "Kano’s 500-year-old market", Daily Trust, Biafra Nigeria World, 2003-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-11-01. 
  3. ^ Ogbuagu, Henry. "All Stars host Kurmi Market today", Daily Triumph, Triumph Publishing Company, 2006-11-26. Retrieved on 2007-11-01. 

[edit] External links

  • Gallery of Kano at flickr.com, including several photographs of the market
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