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By Abdurrazak Muktar Makarfi As a budding writer, I have always admired Mahmud Jega as a role model. His eloquent prose, thought-provoking ideas, and ability to captivate readers with his…
By Abdurrazak Muktar Makarfi As a budding writer, I have always admired Mahmud Jega as a role model. His eloquent prose, thought-provoking ideas, and ability to captivate readers with his…
By Huzaifa Dokaji Imagine a bustling city nestled in the heart of West Africa that radiated intellectual brilliance and creativity long before the Europeans reached the region. This is Kano,…
By Muhammad Muhammad Salisu Meet Professor Rudolf Gaudio (he has adopted a Hausa name, Sani), a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, who started learning Hausa…
By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde History repeats itself, they say. However, that recurrence was less frequent in the history of rulers of Northern Nigeria. While historians can remember two, we…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu My posting about MU Adamu’s 1968 paper on the influence of Arabs on Kano culture, economy and religious practices has ignited a few responses of…
By Jamilu Uba Adamu Late Mallam Sa'adu Zungur (1915 - 1958) in his song Arewa Mulukiya ko Jamhuriya said; "Ya Sarki Alhaji Bayero, Ga Yan birni da Kanawiya. Tun Bagauda…
By Muhammad Sulaiman Abdullahi, PhD President Muhammadu Buhari has come and gone. It is believed that many Nigerians thought Buhari would be the best president of their lifetime. Even Baba…
By Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu In 1968 I was a twelve-year-old whippersnapper and found solace in my father’s library (hate football and games anyway!). A journal, Kano Studies of the…
By Mukhtar Jarmajo The state of education in Bauchi state is in disarray as over 1.4 million children remain out of school, according to recent reports. This crisis manifests itself…
By Dr Shamsuddeen Sani I thought The Lebanese in Kano: An Immigrant Community in a Hausa Society in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Periods merely contained a handful of newspaper tales.…