History WAEC

The Bayajidda tradition suggests that ________?

A. Hausa ancestors came from Arabia
B. women exercised political power in pre-Islamic Hausaland
C. the introduction of Islam led to the formation of the Hausa city-states
D. The Queen of Daura was the first to embrace Islam.

Correct Answer: Option B

B. women exercised political power in pre-Islamic Hausaland

Explanation

It indicated that Daura was ruled by a queen who offered to many Bayajidda in gratitude for killing the sacred snake
Sarki that hitherto allowed her subject to draw water from the only well in the town only on Fridays

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