A traditional musical instrument, shantu, which is an important part of Hausa culture in Nigeria, has fallen into obscurity with the emergence of different musical instruments and genres. In its ...

Hausa people in Africa wear a special turban called rawani as a symbol of royalty and prestige. Rawani, which means turban in the Hausa language, is respected by the community living in West African ...

Tragic events occurred in the city of Damazin and its suburbs in the Blue Nile region over the past days. One of Sudan's 18 states, located south of the country's capital, Khartoum, saw renewed ...

The Hausa traditional marriage is mostly based on Islamic rites, and not as time consuming or expensive like the Igbo and Yoruba traditional marriage ceremonies. However, the process leading up to the ...

She explained that the dataset gives students, researchers, and entrepreneurs the tools they need to build technology in ...

The Global Coordinator of the World Hausa Day celebration, Abdulbaqi Jari, has called on the Economic Community of West African States to adopt Hausa as a language for commerce and social interaction ...

The population of the Arabian Peninsula stems largely from the Bedouin tribes that have been living in the region for thousands of years. What’s less well known is that the area has long attracted ...

The Hausa people, primarily originating from present-day northern Nigeria, migrated, and settled in various regions of Ghana, particularly in Northern, Ashanti and Greater Accra. They brought their ...

There are a number of theories and stories connected with the Hausa people, who today live in northern Nigeria, parts of Ghana, Niger and Togo. Some centre on the idea of migration. For example, there ...