A Fulani-Nigerian in England

So I'm still enjoying life in Ghana (see my first post: My Hausa Adventure in Ghana ). And of course, being a curious 'outsider'...

I haven’t published a blog post for a while because I am currently in Accra, Ghana , getting used to being back on African soil, not having...

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 was watching TV recently and a programme called Prince William's Africa  came on. Now programmes about westerners going to Africa inev...

I visit a lot of Nigerian-produced news and entertainment sites, blogs and forums, and unfortunately a lot of the writing there leaves a lot...

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 ...