Music
Dan Maraya Jos: the Hausa kuntigi master who sang for ordinary people
Dan Maraya Jos, born Adamu Wayya in Jos, played the kuntigi, a small one-string lute, and sang about…
northern Nigeria
Arts + Culture
The Kofar Mata dye pits: Kano’s centuries-old indigo tradition
The Kofar Mata dye pits in Kano are among the oldest working dye pits in Africa, with tradition…
Music
Mamman Shata: the Hausa singer whose praise songs and kalangu drums filled northern Nigeria
Alhaji Mamman Shata of Katsina was the most celebrated Hausa singer of the twentieth century. Accompanied by kalangu…
Arts + Culture
The Kano Durbar: horsemen, emirs and centuries of Sallah tradition in northern Nigeria
During the Eid festivals, Kano and other northern Nigerian cities hold durbars, grand processions of horsemen in colourful…