Many attempts to provide comprehensive information about Birnin Zauma were made by different blogs and websites including www.maplandia.com and www.fallingrain.com.However, these efforts fall short of their goals! It can be asserted without running risk of error that the only accurate data they provide about the region are sattelite based informations and not retrieved through first- hand experience. The result of such efforts stops at producing sattelite maps and images indicating routes and distances between locations. This blog seeks to be different by extending the information to history, culture and the life of the people of Birnin Zauma relying heavily on informations I retrieve from the region through different reliable sources coupled with what I personally see especially with regard to cultural heritage of the people of Birnin Zauma. As you can see, the image at the left side is the ancient wall of Birnin Zauma from the western gate. Though the wall is gradully crumbling, its deterioration did not obscure its salient features as a defense wall. Birnin Zauma is a populated settlement in Bukkuyum Local Government Zamfara State situated on a hilly terrain beside River Zamfara. Reliable sources indicate that Birnin Zauma or Zoma as formerly pronounced was founded more than 350 years ago. A legend has it that its founder was a hunter called 'Dan Kayaye'
