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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hausa people canonical	59
Hausa	38
Hausa community of Zangon Kataf	1
Hausa cultural region	1
Hausa culture	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alsoFoundInCountry	Benin ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Chad ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Togo ⓘ
associatedWithJihad	Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
colonialHistory	incorporated into British Northern Nigeria Protectorate ⓘ
commonEthnonymWithFulani	Hausa-Fulani ⓘ surface form: Hausa–Fulani
concentratedInCountry	Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ
culturalRegion	Northern Nigeria ⓘ Southern Niger ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cattle trading ⓘ craft production ⓘ
ethnonym	Hausa ⓘ
historicalCity	Biram ⓘ Daura ⓘ Gobir ⓘ Kano ⓘ Katsina Emirate ⓘ surface form: Katsina Rano ⓘ Zaria ⓘ
historicalRegion	Hausaland ⓘ
knownFor	architecture ⓘ dyeing ⓘ Nollywood ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Hausa language
primaryRegion	Sahel ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Fulani ⓘ surface form: Fulani people
religion	Islam ⓘ
socialStructure	emirate system ⓘ
traditionalCuisine	suya ⓘ tuwo ⓘ
traditionalDress	babban riga ⓘ zani ⓘ
traditionalFestival	Durbar festival ⓘ
traditionalHeadgear	hula cap ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Bori ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle	Emirs ⓘ surface form: Emir
writingSystem	Ajami script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Kano → ethnicMajority → Hausa people ⓘ

Boko alphabet → usedBy → Hausa people ⓘ

Lake Chad basin → ethnicGroups → Hausa people ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin

this entity surface form: Hausa

Durbar festival → associatedWith → Hausa people ⓘ

Hausa-Fulani → associatedWith → Hausa people ⓘ

Zuma Rock → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Hausa people ⓘ

Zazzau Emirate → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Emir of Kano → ethnoCulturalContext → Hausa people ⓘ

Kurmi Market → culturalContext → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa culture

Maiduguri → majorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Zaria → ethnicMajority → Hausa people ⓘ

Sokoto → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Bauchi → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Ilorin → demographicsSignificantEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

North East Nigeria → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Kano State → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Nupe people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Jukun people → neighboringGroups → Hausa people ⓘ

Sokoto State → majorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Borno State → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Atyap people → haveConflictHistoryWith → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa community of Zangon Kataf

Zamfara State → dominantEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Kebbi State → majorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Bauchi State → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Songhai people → neighboringPeople → Hausa people ⓘ

Adamawa State → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Hausaland → traditionalInhabitants → Hausa people ⓘ

Hausaland → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Kamaru Usman → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria → partOf → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa cultural region

Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria → ethnicMajority → Hausa people ⓘ

Nigerian → ethnicGroupCanBe → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Islam in Lake Chad region → presentInEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Aliko Dangote → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Borgu region → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

West Africans → hasSubgroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Murtala Muhammed → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Sultan of Sokoto → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Jos Plateau → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Fulani Empire → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Hausa city-states → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Gwagwalada → majorEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Muhammadu → commonAmong → Hausa people ⓘ

Daura → ethnicCulturalCenterOf → Hausa people ⓘ

Daura → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa

Hausa Bakwai → ethnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

Emir of Zazzau → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Hausa people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa