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Hausa/Fulani
Stories of the Hausa/Fulani.
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Lost history · Sokoto
Satiru 1906, the village that was never allowed to rise again
The Satiru uprising near Sokoto →
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People · Kaduna
Gambo Sawaba, the woman who kept a prison blanket by the door
Hajiya Gambo Sawaba of Zaria →
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Lost history · Sokoto
Surame, the stone city that made Kanta of Kebbi a "Pharaoh"
Surame, Kanta's stone capital →
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Custom · Kebbi
Yauri, where a new emir once sat on a hippo for his picture
The hippo of Yauri Emirate →
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Custom · Katsina
Musawa, the town that gave its crocodiles names and its babies their mark
The lost crocodiles of Musawa →
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Lost history · Kebbi
Jega, the kolanut town that paddled all the way to Yorubaland
Jega's kolanut traders →
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Legend · Sokoto
Hubbaren Shehu, the house where Dan Fodio lies in his wife's room
Hubbaren Shehu, Sokoto →
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Lost history · Katsina
Funtua, the cotton mill that refused to sack anyone
Funtua Textiles and its spinners →
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Lost history · Gombe
Mbormi, the field where a Sultan of Sokoto lies among the farms
The tomb of Sultan Attahiru I at Mbormi →
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Lost history · Gombe
Gombe Abba, the emirs' capital the British left behind
The first capital of Gombe Emirate →
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Lost history · Borno
Uba, the town a highway cut between two states
Uba, half in Borno and half in Adamawa →
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