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Alheri

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Concept

A word of Arabic origin meaning kindness, goodness or a freely given gift; Robinson glosses alheri as 'kindness, free gift', with yin alheri 'to do a kindness'.

Giving food to a stranger was described as an act of alheri.

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