A Fulani-Nigerian in England

The Hausas and the Fulanis are two distinct ethnic groups found in Northern Nigeria, but they have become closely intertwined in the minds o...

I have a sweet tooth, so I love small, sweet snacks. As a child when I stayed in Kaduna, my parents will give us a few kobos and we would bu...

Because I'm a Christian and Fulanis are Muslims, and because my family never lived amongst other Northerners in the UK, I have grown up ...

About 20 years ago, Hausa producers developed a film industry called Kannywood (named after Kano state where many of the movies are filmed)...

Most Nigerians are familiar with some Hausa words. But have you ever wanted to talk to Hausa people or toast a pretty Hausa girl but didn...

People were surprised that major department store Debenhams in London decided to appeal to Nigerian customers by using the Hausa language i...

I am not as young or as innocent as I look, yet every time I cross the street with any man, whether I've known him 10 minutes or 10 yea...

Northern Nigeria has a long history of religious and ethnic violence, with Hausa/Muslim men the main perpetrators. In 2002 the Miss World ...

I'm in love with the Hausa language, my mother tongue. I love the beauty of its words and its history and etymology. When I was younge...

I have met few Hausa people in all the time I've lived the UK, but I have many Yoruba and Igbo friends and have met hundreds of others. ...

My father was a Fulani Muslim. He went to the mosque most Fridays, wore a Hula and Babanriga and prayed on his ornate prayer mat. I had a ...

Admitting I am Nigerian is hard when the popular notion of my fellow countrymen is confined to four categories: 1) Fraud: the verbose str...