Hausa language
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Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger and Nigeria. It serves as a lingua franca in most of northern Nigeria, southern Nig
Introduction to Hausa proverbs in Rattray (1913)
Cover of AJN Tremearne's Hausa Folktales (1914) showing Gizo the Spider
Niger
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Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina
Hausa language
…Harshen/Halshen Hausa ; Ajami: هَرْشَن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger (where it is the sole official language, having replaced French in 2025) and Nigeria. It serves as a lingua franca in most of northern Nigeria, southern…
Rock engraving showing herds of giraffe, ibex, and other animals in the southern Sahara near Tiguidit, Niger
The Grand Mosque of Agadez
Overlooking the town of Zinder and the Sultan's Palace from the French fort (1906). The arrival of the French spelled an end for precolonial states like the Sultanate of Damagaram which carried on only as ceremonial "chiefs" appointed by the colonial government.
French West Africa in 1949