Hausa people

E69242

African people ethnic group

The Hausa people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, predominantly Muslim and known for their rich trading history, vibrant language, and influential cultural traditions across the Sahel region.

Aliases (3)

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African people → ethnic group →
alsoFoundInCountry	Benin NERFINISHED → Burkina Faso NERFINISHED → Cameroon → Chad → Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED → Ghana → Sudan → Togo NERFINISHED →
associatedWithJihad	Sokoto Jihad →
colonialHistory	incorporated into British Northern Nigeria Protectorate →
commonEthnonymWithFulani	Hausa–Fulani →
concentratedInCountry	Niger → Nigeria →
culturalRegion	Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED → Southern Niger →
economicActivity	agriculture → cattle trading → craft production →
ethnonym	Hausa →
historicalCity	Biram → Daura → Gobir → Kano → Katsina NERFINISHED → Rano → Zaria →
historicalRegion	Hausaland →
knownFor	architecture → dyeing → film industry Kannywood → leatherwork → long-distance trade → metalwork → music and dance → storytelling traditions → textile production → trans-Saharan trade → urban commercial centers →
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages → Chadic languages →
linguaFrancaInRegion	West Africa →
majorBranchOfIslam	Sunni Islam →
majorReligionIntroduced	Islam in the 11th century →
populationScale	tens of millions →
primaryLanguage	Hausa language →
primaryRegion	Sahel → Sub-Saharan Africa → West Africa →
relatedEthnicGroup	Fulani people →
religion	Islam →
socialStructure	emirate system →
traditionalCuisine	suya → tuwo →
traditionalDress	babban riga → zani →
traditionalFestival	Durbar festival →
traditionalHeadgear	hula cap →
traditionalReligion	Bori →
traditionalRulerTitle	Emir →
writingSystem	Ajami script → Latin script →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bauchi ("Hausa") → Bauchi State ("Hausa") → Sokoto → Zazzau Emirate →	ethnicGroup
Borno State → Islamic world ("Hausa") → North East Nigeria → West Africa →	hasEthnicGroup
Kebbi State ("Hausa") → Maiduguri → Sokoto State ("Hausa") →	majorEthnicGroup
Durbar festival → Hausa-Fulani →	associatedWith
Kano → Zaria →	ethnicMajority
Adamawa State ("Hausa") → Kano State →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Kurmi Market ("Hausa culture") →	culturalContext
Ilorin ("Hausa") →	demographicsSignificantEthnicGroup
Zamfara State ("Hausa") →	dominantEthnicGroup
Lake Chad Basin ("Hausa") →	ethnicGroups
Emir of Kano →	ethnoCulturalContext
Zuma Rock →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Atyap people ("Hausa community of Zangon Kataf") →	haveConflictHistoryWith
Nupe people →	neighboringEthnicGroup
Jukun people →	neighboringGroups
Songhai people →	neighboringPeople
Boko alphabet →	usedBy