07 Jan 2026 Anthropology and Ethnography Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory Historical Studies “The ‘Birmingham of Africa’: Analyzing the Smelting Pits of Kano as a Hub for 19th-Century West African Armaments” These are historic weapons displayed at the Gidan Makama Museum in Kano, used during colonial conflicts and reflecting Kano’s martial past. Photo credit: Uncle Bash007 via Wikimedia Commons. By the nineteenth…
