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“Fiddling in northern Nigeria is most often identified with the Hausa, despite the fact that outsiders introduced it to the Central Sudan. Unlike the one-stringed fiddle’s roles among Senegambian Fulbe or the Dagbamba of Dagbon, the goge, or Hausa fiddle, does not symbolize ethnic identity nor does it represent high social status. The poem…
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“Called Fulani in Northern Nigeria, Peul by the French, and Fellata in Borno and the Nilotic Sudan,72 the Fulbe are speakers of the fourth most spoken African language after Arabic, Kiswahili, and Hausa. Originating in the Senegal River valley, they spread throughout the West African savannah between the eleventh and nineteenth centuries.73…
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Sounds of the Hausa language
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Fulani (Fulfulde) greetings
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[Updated 07/06/2023] There are various dialects of the Fulani language. When posting words or language resources I will try to note the source dialect. When posting words, I’ll put the dialect in brackets after the Fulani word and before the part of speech. When posting videos, I will also try to note the dialect of the speaker, though… Read more
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Abibisika (Black Gold) Points
No mbatta? Adiarama.
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