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hausawa

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Social Organisation

The Hausa people (plural); singular bahaushe (fem. bahaushiya). Robinson records kasan hausawa 'the Hausa country' and bahaushe 'a Hausa, a man of the Hausa nation'; Johnston notes the suffix -awa means 'the people of'.

Hausawa communities live in many West African towns.

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