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“Although the goge is performed in a number of contexts in Hausaland, one of the most common is the religious worship of Bori spirits (iskoki). Before the introduction of Islam between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries ce, the Bori religion was practiced under the direction of a differentiated priesthood. Islam, however, has been the…
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“From Senegambia to Mali—including in the Islamic theocracy in Futa Djallon,84 in Futa Toro,85 and among the Dina in Masina—the Fulbe also contributed decisively to state building in nineteenth-century western Bilad al-Sudan.86 Particularly remarkable among them was Umar Tall.87 Initiated into the Tijaniyya in his homeland of northern Senegal,…
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A contemporary take on traditional Hausa architecture
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HIKMA - A Religious and Secular Complex / atelier masōmī + studio chahar
Completed in 2018 in Niger. Images by James Wang, Mariama Kah. In the 9th century AD, Muslim scholars made remarkable contributions to the sciences and humanities in Bagdad’s Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom, a...
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Distribution of Hausa speakers in west Africa.
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Hausa traditional music
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The Language of African Music: Hausa – ALMA
The Language of African Music: Hausa – ALMA
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