The Story Behind the "Zanna Bukar Cap": How a Northern statesman became a symbol of leadership, by Tijjani Sarki While gisting with my children this evening, I casually threw a simple question to them: “Do you know the history behind the famous Zanna Bukar Cap?” The answer was an immediate “No.” After several attempts to help them guess correctly, there was still no success. At that moment, I became deeply sceptical of how much of our rich Northern and Nigerian history is gradually fading away from the minds of our younger generation....