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 ...

Kannywood rsquo;s Rise The Kannywood film industry centered in Kano, Nigeria is the heart of Hausa cinema, producing films ...

Well, just in case you would want to live long, science is saying some ingredients such as chili pepper and other healthy spices used to prepare Hausa Koko could extend your life by 13% if you eat ...

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 ...

Hausa language is a Chadic language, which is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family and is spoken as a first language by no fewer than 35 million people, and a second language by at least 41 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Historians doubt that Bayajida existed, but the legend of Bayajida remains powerful. It refers to him as the man whose lineage founded the Hausa nation. The legend is re-enacted yearly in Daura, ...