Hausa · deity · pre Islamic and Islamic era Hausaland; living oral/Bori tradition · deity
Spirit-class (aljan/iska) classed here as a deity, being the supreme being of the bori pantheon. 'Tsumburbura' is recorded as the head spirit venerated at Dalla Hill in Kano in the older Maguzawa tradition and is often equated with Sarki Aljin. Principal scholarship: Besmer (1983); Tremearne, The Ban of the Bori (1914).