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HAUSA

 BY:
 LESLIE C. PLANDO
 VERONICA
  MORALES
 RUZZEL JANE
  PATAG
 NERELYN
  MAGPANTAY
 Predominantly Hausa communities are
 scattered throughout West Africa and on the
 traditional Hajj route across the Sahara
 Desert, especially around the town of
 Agadez. A few Hausa have moved to large
 coastal cities in the region such as Lagos,
 Accra, Kumasi and Cotonou, as well as to
 countries such as Libya.
 The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups
 in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people
 chiefly located in northern Nigeria and
 southeastern Niger, but having significant
 numbers living in regions of Cameroon,
 Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan.
 However, most Hausa remain in small villages
 and towns, where they grow crops and raise
 livestock, including cattle. They speak the
 Hausa language, an Afro-Asiatic language of
 the Chadic group.
History and culture
 Kano, north Nigeria is considered the center of
  Hausa trade and culture. In terms of cultural
  relations to other peoples of West Africa, the Hausa
  are culturally and historically close to the Fulani,
  Zarma, Kanuri, Gwari and Tuareg, as well as other
  Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan groups spreading from
  eastern Mali to southern Libya and east into Chad
  and Sudan.
 Many Hausa have intermixed with other groups
  such as the Yoruba, Dagomba and Shuwa. Islamic
  Shari’a law is loosely the law of the land and is
  understood by any full time practitioner of Islam,
  known in Hausa as a Ma'allam.
 Between 500 CE and 700 CE Hausa people, who
 had been slowly moving west from Nubia and
 mixing in with the local Northern and Central
 Nigerian population, established a number of
 strong states in what is now Northern and Central
 Nigeria and Eastern Niger. With the decline of
 the Nok culture and Sokoto, who had previously
 controlled Central and Northern Nigeria between
 800 BCE and 200 CE, the Hausa were able to
 emerge as the new power in the region. Closely
 linked with the Kanuri people of Kanem-
 Bornu (Lake Chad), the Hausa aristocracy
 adopted Islam in the 11th century CE.
Nok culture
The Nok culture appeared 
in Nigeria around 1000 B.C. and 
vanished under unknown 
circumstances around 500 AD in the 
region of West Africa. This region lies 
in Northern and Central Nigeria. 
Its social system is thought to have 
been highly advanced. The Nok 
culture was considered to be the 
earliest sub-Saharan producer of life-
sized Terracotta. It has been 
suggested that the Nok civilization 
eventually evolved into the 
later Yoruba civilization of Ife based on 
similarities seen in the artwork from  Nok sculpture, terracotta,
                                                    Louvre
these two cultures                                  
        
NOK SCULPTURES
SOKOTO
 The name Sokoto (which is the
  modern/anglicised version of the
  local name, Sakkwato) is of Arabic
  origin, representing suk, 'market'. It
  is also known as Sakkwato, Birnin
  Shaihu da Bello or "Sokoto, Capital
  of Shaihu and Bello").
 Being the seat of the Sokoto
  Caliphate, the city is predominantly
  Muslim and an important seat of
  Islamic learning in Nigeria. The
  Sultan who heads the caliphate is
  effectively the spiritual leader of      Sultan's Palace
  Nigerian Muslims.
 In 1810 the Fulani, another Islamic African
 ethnic group that spanned across West
 Africa, invaded the Hausa states. Their
 cultural similarities however allowed for
 significant integration between the two
 groups, who in modern times are often
 demarcated as "Hausa-Fulani" rather than
 as individuated groups, and many Fulani in
 the region do not distinguish themselves
 from the Hausa.
 The Hausa remain preeminent in Niger and
 Northern Nigeria. Their impact in Nigeria is
 paramount, as the Hausa-Fulani
 amalgamation has controlled Nigerian
 politics for much of its independent history.
 They remain one of the largest and most
 historically grounded civilizations in West
 Africa.
The Hausa-Fulani Kingdom
The Hausa cultures, which as early
as the 7th century A.D were
smelting iron ore, arose in what is
today northwestern and north
central Nigeria, to Bornu’s west. The
origin of these cultures, however, is
a mystery.
Legend holds that Bayajidda, a
traveler from the Middle East,
married the queen of Daura, from
whom came seven sons. Each son is
reputed to have founded one of the
seven Hausa kingdoms: Kano, Rano,
Katsina, Zazzau (Zaria), Gobir,
Kebbi, and Auyo.
RELIGION
 Hausa have an ancient Chadic/Sahelian culture
 that had an extensive coverage area, and have
 long ties to the Tuareg, Berbers, and other
 peoples in West Africa, such as the Mandé,
 Fulani and the Wolof of Senegambia, through
 extended long-distance trade. Islam has been
 present in Hausaland since the 14th century,
 but it was largely restricted to the region's
 rulers and their courts until 18th and 19th
 century jihads led by Uthman Dan Fodio and
 others led to the forced conversion,
 enslavement or killing of traditional believers
SAHEL CULTURE
 The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone
  of transition between the Sahara desert in the North
  and the Sudanian Savannas in the south. It stretches
  across the north of the African continent between the
  Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Arabic word
  sāḥil ‫ ساحل‬literally means "shore, coast", describing
  the appearance of the vegetation of the Sahel as a
  coastline delimiting the sand of the Sahara.
 The Sahel covers parts of the territory of (from west to
  east) Senegal, southern Mauritania, Mali, Burkina
  Faso, southern Algeria, Niger, northern Nigeria, Chad,
  Sudan (including Darfur and the southern part of
  Sudan), northern Cameroon and Eritrea.
The Sahel forms a belt up to 1,000 km
wide, spanning Africa from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
CHADIC
 The Chadic languages
 constitute a language
 family of perhaps 200
 languages spoken
 across northern Nigeria,
 Niger, Chad, Central
 African Republic and
 Cameroon, belonging to
 the Afroasiatic phylum.
 The most widely spoken
 Chadic language is
 Hausa, a lingua franca
 of much of inland West
 Africa.
HAUSA CLOTHING
 The Hausa people have a very restricted
 dressing code due to the fact of religious
 beliefs. The men are easily recognizable
 because of their elaborate dress which is a
 large flowing gown known as Babban
 riga and a robe called a jalabia and juanni,
 see Senegalese kaftan. These large flowing
 gowns usually feature some elaborate
 embroidery designs around the neck.
 Men also wear colorful embroidered caps
 known as fula, and depending on location
 and occupation, may wear a Tuareg-style
 turban around this to veil the face (known
 as Alasho or Tagelmust). The females can
 be identified by their dressing codes in
 which they wear wrappers called abaya
 made with colorful cloth with a matching
 blouse, head tie and shawl.
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Hausa eng5

  • 1. HAUSA  BY:  LESLIE C. PLANDO  VERONICA MORALES  RUZZEL JANE PATAG  NERELYN MAGPANTAY
  • 2.  Predominantly Hausa communities are scattered throughout West Africa and on the traditional Hajj route across the Sahara Desert, especially around the town of Agadez. A few Hausa have moved to large coastal cities in the region such as Lagos, Accra, Kumasi and Cotonou, as well as to countries such as Libya.
  • 3.  The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, but having significant numbers living in regions of Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan.  However, most Hausa remain in small villages and towns, where they grow crops and raise livestock, including cattle. They speak the Hausa language, an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic group.
  • 4.
  • 5. History and culture  Kano, north Nigeria is considered the center of Hausa trade and culture. In terms of cultural relations to other peoples of West Africa, the Hausa are culturally and historically close to the Fulani, Zarma, Kanuri, Gwari and Tuareg, as well as other Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan groups spreading from eastern Mali to southern Libya and east into Chad and Sudan.  Many Hausa have intermixed with other groups such as the Yoruba, Dagomba and Shuwa. Islamic Shari’a law is loosely the law of the land and is understood by any full time practitioner of Islam, known in Hausa as a Ma'allam.
  • 6.  Between 500 CE and 700 CE Hausa people, who had been slowly moving west from Nubia and mixing in with the local Northern and Central Nigerian population, established a number of strong states in what is now Northern and Central Nigeria and Eastern Niger. With the decline of the Nok culture and Sokoto, who had previously controlled Central and Northern Nigeria between 800 BCE and 200 CE, the Hausa were able to emerge as the new power in the region. Closely linked with the Kanuri people of Kanem- Bornu (Lake Chad), the Hausa aristocracy adopted Islam in the 11th century CE.
  • 9.
  • 10. SOKOTO  The name Sokoto (which is the modern/anglicised version of the local name, Sakkwato) is of Arabic origin, representing suk, 'market'. It is also known as Sakkwato, Birnin Shaihu da Bello or "Sokoto, Capital of Shaihu and Bello").  Being the seat of the Sokoto Caliphate, the city is predominantly Muslim and an important seat of Islamic learning in Nigeria. The Sultan who heads the caliphate is effectively the spiritual leader of Sultan's Palace Nigerian Muslims.
  • 11.
  • 12.  In 1810 the Fulani, another Islamic African ethnic group that spanned across West Africa, invaded the Hausa states. Their cultural similarities however allowed for significant integration between the two groups, who in modern times are often demarcated as "Hausa-Fulani" rather than as individuated groups, and many Fulani in the region do not distinguish themselves from the Hausa.
  • 13.  The Hausa remain preeminent in Niger and Northern Nigeria. Their impact in Nigeria is paramount, as the Hausa-Fulani amalgamation has controlled Nigerian politics for much of its independent history. They remain one of the largest and most historically grounded civilizations in West Africa.
  • 14. The Hausa-Fulani Kingdom The Hausa cultures, which as early as the 7th century A.D were smelting iron ore, arose in what is today northwestern and north central Nigeria, to Bornu’s west. The origin of these cultures, however, is a mystery. Legend holds that Bayajidda, a traveler from the Middle East, married the queen of Daura, from whom came seven sons. Each son is reputed to have founded one of the seven Hausa kingdoms: Kano, Rano, Katsina, Zazzau (Zaria), Gobir, Kebbi, and Auyo.
  • 15. RELIGION  Hausa have an ancient Chadic/Sahelian culture that had an extensive coverage area, and have long ties to the Tuareg, Berbers, and other peoples in West Africa, such as the Mandé, Fulani and the Wolof of Senegambia, through extended long-distance trade. Islam has been present in Hausaland since the 14th century, but it was largely restricted to the region's rulers and their courts until 18th and 19th century jihads led by Uthman Dan Fodio and others led to the forced conversion, enslavement or killing of traditional believers
  • 16. SAHEL CULTURE  The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south. It stretches across the north of the African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Arabic word sāḥil ‫ ساحل‬literally means "shore, coast", describing the appearance of the vegetation of the Sahel as a coastline delimiting the sand of the Sahara.  The Sahel covers parts of the territory of (from west to east) Senegal, southern Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, southern Algeria, Niger, northern Nigeria, Chad, Sudan (including Darfur and the southern part of Sudan), northern Cameroon and Eritrea.
  • 17. The Sahel forms a belt up to 1,000 km wide, spanning Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • 18. CHADIC  The Chadic languages constitute a language family of perhaps 200 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon, belonging to the Afroasiatic phylum. The most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa, a lingua franca of much of inland West Africa.
  • 19. HAUSA CLOTHING  The Hausa people have a very restricted dressing code due to the fact of religious beliefs. The men are easily recognizable because of their elaborate dress which is a large flowing gown known as Babban riga and a robe called a jalabia and juanni, see Senegalese kaftan. These large flowing gowns usually feature some elaborate embroidery designs around the neck.
  • 20.  Men also wear colorful embroidered caps known as fula, and depending on location and occupation, may wear a Tuareg-style turban around this to veil the face (known as Alasho or Tagelmust). The females can be identified by their dressing codes in which they wear wrappers called abaya made with colorful cloth with a matching blouse, head tie and shawl.