Sokoto has retained its reputation as a city of peace. As with previous visitations, I went out at night. The okada and Keke Marwa are every where to move around. The long streets are full of merchants, drawn from different parts of the country. People where hijabs walking around those in jeans.
Liberal values are accommodated, contrary to those who paint the place in its rigidly. Worldviews are there to see but not clashing.
The city, just like many in the country, reproduces current modernities in terms of building structures, night life, concepts of branding and many more; even with this, Sokoto retains its inclination of the Caliphate.
TF
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