The word Tashe means "to wake up" in Hausa, referring to the practice of waking people for Sahur (pre-dawn meal ... Abdullahi ...

I was also enamoured of the singing and dancing in the Hausa films and the young people telling stories of ordinary life in northern Nigeria. There were plenty of scholars who had written about Hausa ...

Marriage within the Hausa-Fulani communities is traditionally ... The Efik and Ibibio tribes in southern Nigeria, ...

Nigeria, a country with diverse cultural traditions, has a rich and colourful heritage in traditional headwear. The ...

(The author spent two months this summer in Nigeria with Operation Crossroads Africa. He worked on the costruction of an open-air market in Ojo Village, twenty miles northwest of the capital of Lagos.

Some of the popular languages spoken in Nigeria are: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Ijaw, Edo, Fulfude, Tiv, and Ibibio to name a few. In this article, we explore Nigeria’s ethnic diversity, listing the ...

Nigeria’s ethnic landscape is characterised by three dominant groups: the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo. Each of these groups has its distinct language, customs, and traditions, which have ...

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 ...