North-South migration

Mallam Umaru Altine: The Fulani Cattle Trader Who Became Enugu’s First Elected Mayor (1952–1958) – A Symbol of Pre-Independence Unity

In the early 1950s, long before Nigeria’s independence in 1960, the city of Enugu, then the capital of the Eastern Region was a cosmopolitan hub of economic activity and interethnic cooperation. Against this backdrop of colonial administration and rising nationalist politics, an extraordinary figure emerged: Mallam Umaru Altine, a Fulani cattle trader from Sokoto Province…