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Kontagora babban gari ne da ke kudu da gaɓar kogin Kontagora a arewa maso yammacin jihar Neja,. Shi ne kuma babban birnin Masarautar Kontagora.
Tarihin Masarautar kontagora ba ya rabuwa da rayuwa da zamanin Umar Nagwamatse da ‘ya’yansa, Abubakar Modibbo da Ibrahim Nagwamatse a cikin shekarar alif 1858 zuwa 1901.
Umar Nagwamatse mutum ne babba mai son mulki wanda hakan yasa ya yanke shawarar gina daularsa a kudancin Sokoto a lokacin da ya kasa cimma burinsa na zama sarki.
Kontagora ta samo asalin sunanta ne daga mabiyan Nagwamatse wadanda aka ce sun ne, “Mu Kwanta-gora nan” ma’ana “mu kwanta a nan” domin debo ruwa daga kogin da aka gina garin.
Kasancewar Nagwamtse babban mai jihadi ne ya ci garuruwa da kauyuka da dama kafin ya kafa da gina Kontagora. Wuraren da ya ci sun hada da Bosso, Paiko, kuta, Guni, Alawa da Gusoro. Sauran sun hada da Galadima Kogo, Kafinkoro da Wushishi.
Bayan zamansa na dindindin a Kontagora, ya ci gaba da mamaye ƙauyuka kamar Kambari har ya mutu a kauyen Mamba a gundumar Auna, wanda aka ce ya haura shekaru 298. Har yanzu ana iya ganin kabarinsa a ƙauyen. Ɗan Nagwamatse na farko, Abubakar Modibo wanda aka nada Sarkin Wushishi.
Ya yi sarauta na tsawon shekaru hudu, Mallam Ibrahim ya gaje shi, wanda yake kauyen bayi, wanda ya fadada zuwa kauyukan da ke kewayen kogin Neja da Zuru. A zamanin mulkin Ibrahim ne Turawan Ingila suka mamaye garin Kontagora a shekarar alif 1900.
Sai dai an kore shi daga Kontagora zuwa Maska Kaya a Katsina da Zariya na tsawon shekara biyu.
Don haka, a shekarar alif 1903 Turawan mulkin mallaka suka mayar da shi matsayin Sarikin Sudan. Ya rasu a shekarar alif 1928, kuma babban dansa, Malam Umaru Maidubu ya gaje shi wanda ya rasu a shekarar alif 1961.
Malam Maidubu ya gaje shi ne a karkashin Mu’azu Ibrahim wanda ya rasu a shekarar alif 1974, bayan ya yi sarauta na tsawon shekaru goma sha uku. A watan Yuli na shekarar alif 1974, aka nada sarki na yanzu, Alhaji Saidu Namaska a matsayin Sarki Sudan na Kontagora.
SANAO’IN MUTANEN KONTAGORA
Mutanen Masarautar Kontagora sun fi yin noma ne. Wannan ya fi fitowa fili a yanzu tare da manufofin gwamnati da aka tsara don samar da yawan amfanin gona ga masana’antu masu haɗin gwiwar noma. Baya ga mazauna yankin da ke aikin noma, wani muhimmin bangare na al’ummar ya kuma yi ayyukan farar fata.
ADDINI A KONTAGORA
Mutanen Masarautar Kontagora galibinsu Musulmai ne amma mabiya wasu addinai musamman kiristoci suna gudanar da addininsu cikin ‘yanci.
CIBIYOYIN ILIMI DAKE KONTAGORA
Kontagora na daya daga cikin masarautun jihar Neja da ke da fa’idar ilimi. Baya ga makarantun firamare da yawa, akwai kuma makarantun gaba da firamare a yankin. Yankin kuma yana da Kwalejin Ilimi ta Tarayya F.C.E. a garin Kontagora da Makarantar Fasahar Lafiya da ke Tungan Magajiya. Da kuma sabuwar makarantar koyon aikin jinya da Ungozoma da gwamna Abubakar Sani Bello yayi.
