South and south-west of Zazzau lived the Gbagyi (called Gwari by the Hausa, one of the Banza Bakwai of the legend) and, to the south-east, the peoples of the southern Kaduna basin (the later Atyap, Bajju, Kadara and Koro), farming in village communities under their own heads, later the main targets of Zazzau's slave raids.
Nothing is written of them for 1200; south of about 9.8 N the Yoruba-Benin part of this sheet continues.
Who holds it
- Title
- village and clan heads
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing peoples.
Customs
Village and clan heads (later ethnography).
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later ethnography only.
On the map: Rough outline.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.