Yola

Yola itace babban birnin jihar Adamawa daga arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Sunan birnin ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Fulfulde yolde, wadda take nufin "zamantakewa a kan ƙasa mai hawa". An kafa birnin a shekarar 1841 daga hannun malami da shugaban sojan Fulani Modibbo Adama, wanda ya mai da shi cibiyar siyasar masarautar Adamawa a lokacin yakin jihad da Shehu Usmanu dan Fodio na Sokoto ya sanar. Kafin zuwan Adama, ƙasar ta kasance ta na al'ummar Bata da Vere, amma sojojin Fulani sun ƙara mallakar yankin, suka mai da Yola cibiyar mulkin Musulunci.

A karshen karni na sha tara, Yola ta zama filin wasan gasar mulkin mallaka: a shekarar 1891, jami'in sojan Faransa Louis Mizon ya sa Emir ya amince da neman mulkin Faransa, amma a shekarar 1893 Birtaniya sun karɓi iko. A shekarar 1901, bayan da Emir Zubairu ya kori wakilan Royal Niger Company, sojojin Birtaniya daga Lokoja suka kayar da sojojin Fulani suka kama birnin. A shekarar 1914, sojojin Jamus daga Kamaru suka kai farmaki kan Yola, amma an kori su. A shekarar 1935, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta haɗa Yola da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Jimeta a kogin Benue.

A yau Yola babbar cibiyar sufuri ce tare da filin jirgin samaniya da hanyoyin da ke kaiwa Mubi, Jalingo da kuma wucewa iyaka zuwa Kamaru, kuma cibiyar ilimi ta gaba da sakandare ce inda ake samun Jami'ar Amurka ta Najeriya, Jami'ar Fasaha ta Modibbo Adama da Polytechnic na jihar Adamawa. Birnin yana shahara da yawan al'ummomi daban-daban — Fulani, Hausa, Mumuye, Chamba da sauran ƙabilu suna rayuwa tare cikin jin dadin haɗin kai na addini.