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Discover Nigeria Nigeria. By jeremiah. Aminu Kano was a politician from Nigeria. In the s he led a socialist movement in the northern part of the country in opposition to British rule. Read more about Nigerians in History. Aminu Kano was born in to the family of an Islamic scholar, Mallam Yusuf of the scholarly Gyanawa Fulani clan, who was a mufti at the Alkali court in Kano.

He earned his teaching certificate after completing his studies at Katsina College and subsequently became a teacher. He started teaching at the Bauchi Training College. While in Bauchi, he spoke freely on political issues and extended his educational horizon by engaging in some various political and educational activities beyond his formal teaching duties.

He was also a secretary of the Bauchi Discussion Circle, a group whose activities were later constricted as a result of an attack on indirect rule by Aminu Kano. In , he became the head of the teacher training center in Maru, Sokoto and was also the secretary of the Northern Teachers Association. The organization was founded along the nationalistic political thoughts of Nnamdi Azikiwe.

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Nevertheless, a new progressive union led by Aminu Kano and composed of progressive leaning teachers and some radical [intellectuals] such as Magaji Dambatta, Abba Maikwaru and Bello Ijumu emerged to fill any vacuum in political radicalism in the region. The members were largely connected together in their opposition to the management style of the native administration in Northern Nigeria.

In , the party contested for seats in the Kano primary elections and was fairly successful. In , Aminu lost a federal House of Representative seat to Maitama Sule and in , he failed to clinch enough votes to win a seat on the Northern Regional Assembly. After 12 years, the military government in September , lifted its proscription of political parties.