A Fulani-Nigerian in England

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 love gari, milk and sugar. I have it for breakfast sometimes, like an exotic cereal, or as a snack. Its also great as a big lunch because ...

I used to like rap back when it was poptastic and artists like Mase, JaRule and Nelly were making hits. But now (maybe because I'm old...

Expert Nigerian:  Where are you from? Me:  I am British-Nigerian Expert Nigerian: Really? Me: Yes, my parents are from Nigeria Expert ...

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. ...

Every time I see or hear a Nigerian name in the mainstream media, my ears perk up. There are numerous 'Naija' professionals out ther...

Even though Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa (160 million people) so that every 1 in 4 Black person in the world is a Nigerian...

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...