Question 3
Other Set Texts: African DramaIn Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru, Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the
- A.Muslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British soldiers use rifles
- B.Emir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora
- C.emirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abdulrahman
- D.emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto
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Answer: D (emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto)
Explanation
The emirates do not stand together; each is left to face the British alone and they unite only when Sokoto itself is attacked, which makes conquest easy.