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The women can be identified by wrappers called zani, made with colourful cloth known as atampa or Ankara, (a descendant of early designs from the famous Tie-dye techniques the Hausa have for centuries been known for, named after the Hausa name for Accra the capital of what is now Ghana, and where an old Hausa speaking trading community still ...
Baba was born to a Hausa Muslim family in the small African town of Karo. [4] Her birth took place in the 19th century, before Karo became part of the British Empire. [4] Karo was an agrestic town where harvesting and agriculture were important. [5] Before British rule, Hausa women could be found harvesting the fields. [5]
To the predominantly animist Azna people of Lougou and surrounding Hausa towns and villages, the term refers to a lineage of female rulers who exercised both political and religious power. [ 1 ] Sarraounia Mangou was the most famous of the Sarraounias, due to her resistance against French colonial troops at the Battle of Lougou in 1899.
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Among the largest ethnic groups are the Hausa women, the Fulani women, the Zarma–Songhai women, and the Tuareg women. Hausa women of Niger can be identified by their dressing codes in which they wear wrappers called abaya made from colorful cloth with a matching blouse, head tie and shawl. [citation needed] Traditional practices are still ...
Throughout his life, Bayajidda is said to have fathered three children with three different women. [8] Bawo fathered six of his own sons, whose names were Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zazzau. [9] Together with Biram, the son of Magaram, these seven went on to rule the seven "legitimate" Hausa states, the Hausa Bakwai. [10] (Some ...
Inside that tomb, the 11 graves contained skeletons of men, women, and children. The sealed chamber was a tomb used for families over several generations through the 12 th and the beginning of the ...
Hafsat Abdulwaheed was born on May 5, 1952. She is a Nigerian author who writes mainly in Hausa. She is a poet, and a women's rights activist. She hails from Kofar Mata quarters of Kano City, Northern Nigeria. She did her primary education at Shahuci primary School and secondary school at Provincial Girls School currently known as Shekara Girls ...