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Fati Niger was born and bought up in Maradi, Niger. Growing up, she has always had a passion for singing especially traditional Hausa songs which are mostly sung during a full moon night among the youngsters in Hausa Villages. After visiting her sister in 2004 in Nigeria, she discovered a thriving music industry in the city of Kano.
Most of Ali jita's songs were used in the Kannywood film industry, [6] but some of his albums were sold out to other Hausa film Industries. His associates include Nazifi Asnanic, Fati Niger, Naziru M Ahmad, etc. He also collaborated with Umar M Shareef and produced a song called Mama, his latest single is the song Kano produced in 2018.
Sogha (or Sogha Niger) is a Nigerien neo-traditional music group that combines traditional and modern instruments in its music. The word Sogha means “beauty” in the Zarma-Songhay language. The group is composed of ten members, five instrumentalists, three singers, and two dancers.
Fatimata Gandigui Mariko, better known as Fati Mariko (born 1964), is a Nigerien singer. Mariko received her education in Niamey and Bougouni and developed her typing skills before becoming a musician. Her hit song "Djana-Djana", produced with the group Marhaba and released in 1986, brought her first fame.
The music of Niger has developed from the musical traditions of a mix of ethnic groups; Hausa, the Zarma-Songhai, Tuareg, Fula, Kanuri, Toubou, Diffa Arabs and Gurma and the Boudouma from Lac Chad. Most traditions existed quite independently in French West Africa but have begun to form a mixture of styles since the 1960s.
The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Sudan, Cameroon and in many other West and Central African countries. Their folk music has played an important part in the development of Nigerian music, contributing such elements as the Goje, a one-stringed fiddle.
Musicians with guembris and krakebs, one masquerading as Bu-Sadiya, a bogey. Photos of musicians affiliated with the Yan Bori. Hausa animism, Maguzanci or Bori is a pre-Islamic traditional religion of the Hausa people of West Africa that involves magic and spirit possession.
The Hausa language cinema slowly evolved from the productions of RTV Kaduna and Radio Kaduna in the 1960s. Veterans like Dalhatu Bawa and Kasimu Yero pioneered drama productions that became popular with the Northern audience. In the 70's and 80's, Usman Baba Pategi and Mamman Ladan introduced the Hausa Comedy to the Northern audience.