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    Hausa architecture is the architecture of the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria and Niger. Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds...
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    "eastern" style associated with Hausa architecture that may have its roots in Kano (present-day Nigeria). The eastern or Hausa style is generally more plain...
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    The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami: مُتَنٜىٰنْ هَوْسَا / هَوْسَاوَا)...
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  • are modified designs of Brazilian type and colonial neoclassical architecture. The Hausa people predominantly dwell in the humid Sahel and Savannah zones...
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    residential architecture can be identified in indigenous Nigerian architecture, relating to the people groups which developed them. Hausa architecture uses plastered...
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  • are designed based on Hausa culture and depict Hausa traditional architecture using burn bricks and traditional colors of the Hausa region. On average,...
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    "eastern" style associated with Hausa architecture that may have its roots in Kano (present-day Nigeria). The eastern or Hausa style is generally more plain...
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    Gobarau Minaret (category Sudano-Sahelian architecture)
    example of Muslim architecture in a city known as a theological center, the tower has become a symbol of the city. The Gobarau minaret (in Hausa, Hasumiyya)...
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    Babban Gwani (category Hausa people)
    Babban Gwani, also known as Mallam Mikhaila, was an influential 19th-century Hausa architect and builder who flourished during the reign of the 61st ruler...
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    Gidan Makama Museum Kano (category Sudano-Sahelian architecture)
    Nigeria. This building served as temporary palace of Sarakunan Hausa (Kings of Hausa) of Kano before the current palace Gidan Rumfa was constructed in...
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    mosque in Maradi Worshippers at the Tchana Mosque Traditional-style Hausa architecture buildings Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary...
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    The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings...
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    old Tuareg suburb, is known for its vernacular architecture, and in the south lies Birni, the old Hausa town, which is home to Zinder Great Mosque, Fort...
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    Hausa literature is any work written in the Hausa language. It includes poetry, prose, songwriting, music, and drama. Hausa literature includes folk literature...
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    West African mosques (category Architecture of Africa)
    style there are five main subgroups: Malian, Songhai, Hausa, Volta basin, and ribāṭ. Malian architecture originates from the Manden groups of southern and...
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  • Yamma Mosque (category Hausa-language culture)
    substyle used primarily by the Hausa people. Lists of mosques List of mosques in Africa Sudano-Sahelian architecture Hausa people Archnet. "Yaama Mosque"...
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  • tomb architecture Hanover school of architecture Harappan architecture Harling Hasht-behesht Hashti Haubarg Hausa architecture Hawaiian architecture Hay...
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    Northern Region, Nigeria (category Articles containing Hausa-language text)
    century, the Hausa were becoming one of Africa's major powers. The architecture of the Hausa is perhaps one of the least known but most beautiful of the medieval...
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    150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the...
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    Kano (city) (category Articles containing Hausa-language text)
    State. The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa and Fulani people. Centuries before British...
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    Kaduna State (category CS1 Hausa-language sources (ha))
    Kaduna (Hausa: Jihar Kaduna, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; Fula: Leydi Kaduna, 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤣𞤵𞤲𞤢; Tyap: Si̱tet Ka̱duna) is a state in the northwest...
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    centre of the small pre-colonial Hausa state of Konni. The name comes from the Hausa for "Walled Town of Konni", and many Hausa towns (such as Zinder) designate...
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    and the languages of the Sahara region, such as the Berber languages and Hausa. The Austronesian languages are spoken by 5.5% of the world's population...
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    most notable include Usman dan Fodio's Fulani Empire, which replaced the Hausa city-states, Seku Amadu's Massina Empire, which defeated the Bambara, and...
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    Daurama (category Hausa people)
    or Magajiya Daurama (pronunciation) (fl. 9th century) was a ruler of the Hausa people who, as the Last Kabara of Daura, presided over the upheaval that...
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    activities taking place in the Nigerian film industry, be it in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Itsekiri, Edo, Efik, Ijaw, Urhobo, Ibibio, Annang or any other of...
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    techniques, instruments, and songs. The largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is often...
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    The architecture of Yemen dates back to ancient times, when it was part of a tradition of South Arabian architecture. Developments continued during the...
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    CE, the Hausa were becoming one of Africa's major powers. The architecture of the Hausa is perhaps one of the least known but most beautiful of the medieval...
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    by over 60 million people. The most commonly spoken native languages are Hausa (over 63 million when including second-language, or L2, speakers), Yoruba...
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